YANG v. CALIFORNIA DEPT. OF SOCIAL SERVICES

No. 98-15507.

183 F.3d 953 (1999)

Chong Yia YANG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. State of CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; Eloise Anderson, in her official capacity as Director of Social Services; United States Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Kanz, Central California Legal Services, Inc., Fresno, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Margarita Altamirano, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, Frank A. Rosenfeld, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.

Before: FLETCHER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and WINMILL, District Judge.


TASHIMA, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff and appellant Chong Yia Yang ("Plaintiff"), a Laotian Hmong who fought in the Vietnam War on behalf of the United States and was subsequently admitted to the United States and granted permanent resident status, brought suit against the California Department of Social Services ("DSS"), DSS Director Eloise Anderson, the United States Department of Agriculture ("USDA"), and USDA Secretary Dan Glickman (collectively "Defendants"), after...

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