MADDONNA v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

6:19-cv-3551-TMC.

567 F.Supp.3d 688 (2020)

Aimee MADDONNA, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; Alex M. Azar, II, 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; 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 August 10, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron J. Kozloski , Capitol Counsel, Lexington, SC, Kenneth Dale Upton, Jr. , Pro Hac Vice, Richard B. Katskee , Pro Hac Vice, Sarah Ruth Goetz , Pro Hac Vice, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

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

Jay Thomas Thompson , Murphy and Grantland, PA, 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 DeMasters PA, Columbia, SC, Miles Edward Coleman , Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough LLP, Greenville, SC, for Defendant Michael Leach.


ORDER

Plaintiff Aimee Maddonna ("Maddonna") filed this suit alleging various constitutional violations based on her inability to volunteer with foster children and serve as a foster parent through a non-governmental child-placement agency, Miracle Hill Ministries ("Miracle Hill"), because...

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