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ROGERS v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Civil Action No. 6:19-cv-01567-TMC.

466 F.Supp.3d 625 (2020)

Eden ROGERS and Brandy Welch, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; Alex Azar, in his official capacity as Secretary of the. United States Department of Health and Human Services; Administration for Children and Families; Lynn Johnson, in her official capacity as Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families; Steven Wagner, in his official capacity as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families; Henry McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina; and Michael Leach, in his official capacity as State Director of the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.

Signed May 8, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathren Irene Cohen , Pro Hac Vice, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Daniel Mach , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, DC, Derek Kinwai Mong , Pro Hac Vice, Katherine D. Janson , Pro Hac Vice, Peter T. Barbur , Pro Hac Vice, Cravath Swaine and Moore LLP, Karen Lee Loewy , Pro Hac Vice, Marshall Currey Cook , Pro Hac Vice, Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Inc., Leslie Jill Cooper , Pro Hac Vice, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, New York, NY, Mary Malissa Burnette , Nekki Shutt , Burnette Shutt and McDaniel PA, Columbia, SC, Susan King Dunn , American Civil Liberties Union of SC Foundation, Charleston, SC, for Plaintiffs.

Christie V. Newman , US Attorneys Office, Columbia, SC, James Ryan Powers , Pro Hac Vice, US Department of Justice CV Division Federal Programs Branch, Washington, DC, for Defendants United States Department of Health and Human Services, Alex Azar, Administration for Children and Families, Lynn Johnson, Scott Lekan.

Jay Thomas Thompson , Ethan Jonathan Bercot , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP, Robert DeWayne Cook , SC Attorney General's Office, Columbia, SC, Miles Edward Coleman , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP, Greenville, SC, for Defendant Henry McMaster.

Kenneth Paul Woodington , William Henry Davidson, II , Davidson Wren and Plyler Pa, Columbia, SC, for Defendant Michael Leach.

ORDER

Plaintiffs Eden Rogers ("Rogers") and Brandy Welch ("Welch") (collectively, "Plaintiffs") filed this suit alleging various constitutional violations based on their inability to serve as foster parents through a private child-placement agency, Miracle Hill Ministries ("Miracle Hill")...

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