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RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC. v. RULLAN

No. 04-1526.

397 F.3d 56 (2005)

RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, INC.; Concilio De Salud Integral De Loiza, Inc.; Dr. Jose S. Belaval, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. Johnny RULLAN, Secretary of the Department of Health, Puerto Rico, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 14, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo A. Vera-Ramirez, with whom Eileen Landron Guardiola, Ivette M. Berrios Hernandez, and Landron & Vera, LLP were on brief, for appellant.

James L. Feldesman, with whom Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell, LLP was on brief, for appellee Concilio de Salud Integral de Loiza, Inc.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This case raises two issues of importance to the administration of Medicaid funds for medically underserved populations. The first is whether the health centers serving those populations have enforceable rights to sue, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, to obtain an injunction requiring that monies (called wraparound payments) be paid as they become due. The second is how a federal court hearing such a prospective...

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