TOMAS v. RUBIN

No. 90-15201.

926 F.2d 906 (1991)

Joy TOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Winona RUBIN, individually and in her capacity as Director of the Hawaii Department of Human Services; Catherine Jean Carman, individually and in her capacity as Administrator of the Hawaii Child Support Enforcement Agency, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ishihara, Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas D. Farrell, Deputy Atty. Gen., and G. Cher Foerster, Deputy City Gen., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendants-appellees.

Before SKOPIL, BEEZER and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


BEEZER, Circuit Judge:

Joy Tomas appeals a grant of summary judgment in favor of Hawaii's Department of Human Services (DHS) and Child Support Enforcement Agency (CSEA) (together, the Agencies). The Agencies determined that she was ineligible for benefits under the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (AFDC) because she did not cooperate in identifying the father of her child, despite her attestation that she had divulged all the relevant information she...

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