B.K. BY NEXT FRIEND TINSLEY v. SNYDER

No. 17-17501, No. 17-17502.

922 F.3d 957 (2019)

B.K., BY her NEXT FRIEND Margaret TINSLEY; B.T., by their next friend Jennifer Kupiszewski; A.C.-B., by their next friend Susan Brandt; M.C.-B., by their next friend Susan Brandt; D.C.-B., by their next friend Susan Brandt; J.M., by their next friend Susan Brandt, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Jami SNYDER, in her official capacity as Director of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, Defendant-Appellant. B.K., by her next friend Margaret Tinsley; B.T., by their next friend Jennifer Kupiszewski; A.C.-B., by their next friend Susan Brandt; M.C.-B., by their next friend Susan Brandt; D.C.-B., by their next friend Susan Brandt; J.M., by their next friend Susan Brandt, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gregory McKay, in his official capacity as Director of the Arizona Department of Child Safety, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 26, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Ellman (argued) and David Simpson , Ellman Law Group LLC, Phoenix, Arizona; Nicholas D. Acedo (argued) and Daniel P. Struck , Struck Love Bojanowski & Acedo P.L.C., Chandler, Arizona; Daniel P. Quigley , Cohen Dowd Quigley P.C., Phoenix, Arizona; Logan T. Johnston , Johnston Law Offices, Phoenix, Arizona; for Defendants-Appellants.

Harry Frischer (argued) and Aaron Finch , Children's Rights Inc., New York, New York; Anne C. Ronan and Daniel J. Adelman , Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, Phoenix, Arizona; Andrea J. Diggs , Thomas D. Ryerson , Joel W. Nomkin , Shane R. Swindle , and Joseph E. Mais , Perkins Coie LLP, Phoenix, Arizona; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Amici Curiae Juvenile Law Center, Bluhm Legal Clinic, Center for Children's Law & Policy, Center for Public Representation, Children & Family Justice Center, Children's Advocacy Institute, Children's Defense Fund New York, Civitas Childlaw Center, Columbia Legal Services, Disability Rights Pennsylvania, Harvard Law School Child Advocacy Program, Impact Fund, National Association of Counsel for Children, National Center for Youth Law, National Health Law Program, National Women's Law Center, Nebraska Appleseed, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Rutgers School of Law—Camden Children's Justice Clinic, Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and Youth Law Center.

Corene T. Kendrick , Prison Law Office, Berkeley, California; Amanda W. Shanor and David C. Fathi , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Kathleen E. Brody , ACLU Foundation of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona; for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, and Prison Law Office.

Andrew R. Kaufman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, Nashville, Tennessee; Katherine I. McBride , Jason L. Lichtman , and Jonathan D. Selbin , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, New York, New York; Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, San Francisco, California; for Amici Curiae Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, and Federal Courts Professors.

Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Adelman


OPINION

The Arizona Department of Child Safety and the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System are responsible for delivering health care and other services to the thousands of children in the Arizona foster care system. In 2015, ten of those children brought an action...

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