CYRUS EX REL. McSWEENEY v. WALKER

No. CIV.A. 304-0892.

409 F.Supp.2d 748 (2005)

Belinda CYRUS on behalf of Mildred McSWEENEY, George Jefferson, and Paul Robert Bogert, on behalf of a class of individuals similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Martha Yeager WALKER, in her capacity as Secretary, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. West Virginia, Huntington Division.

January 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Mountain State Justice, Inc., Bren J. Pomponio, Mountain State Justice, Inc., Charleston, WV, Jane Perkins, Chapel Hill, NC, for Plaintiffs.

Kelly D. Ambrose, West Virginia Attorney General's Office, Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., WV Dept. of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Medical Services, Charlene A. Vaughan, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Health and Human Resources, State Capitol Complex, Charleston, WV, for Defendant.


ORDER

CHAMBERS.

Currently pending before the Court is Defendant's motion to dismiss based upon Eleventh Amendment immunity. Plaintiffs oppose the motion and argue this cases falls within the exception to immunity set forth by the United States Supreme Court in Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 28 S.Ct. 441, 52 L.Ed. 714 (1908). Upon review of the arguments made by the parties, the Court agrees with Plaintiffs and

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