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GARCIA v. DEPT. OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVS.

No. 79647-0-I.

451 P.3d 1107 (2019)

Ana Liza GARCIA; Carmen Pacheco-Jones; and Natalya Semenenko, Appellants, Christine Nixon, Plaintiff, v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES, State of Washington, Respondent, Secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services, and Secretary of State, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1.

FILED: October 21, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Crain , Northwest Justice Project, 401 2nd Ave. S., Ste. 407, Seattle, WA, 98104-3811, Meagan J. Mackenzie , Northwest Justice Project, 711 Capitol Way S., Ste. 704, Olympia, WA, 98501-1237, Jeffrey Keddie , Northwest Justice Project, 1338 Commerce Ave., Ste. 210, Longview, WA, 98632-3726, for Appellants.

Lauren Reaves Kirigin , WA State Office of the Attorney General, Po Box 40100, Olympia, WA, 98504-0100, Andrew Daniel Pugsley , Office of the Attorney General, 7141 Cleanwater Drive SW, Olympia, WA, 98504-0121, Charles M. McDonald , McDonald & Malone, P.o. Box 1672, Waco, TX, 76703-1672, for Respondent.

Sara Lyle Ainsworth , SIA Legal Team, 1517 12th Ave., Ste. 101, Seattle, WA, 98122-3956, Andrew J.D. Kashyap , Attorney at Law, 907 Pine St., Suite 500, Seattle, WA, 98101-1818, Elizabeth Simson Weinstein , Matthew Aaron Carvalho , Yarmuth LLP, 1420 5th Ave., Ste. 1400, Seattle, WA, 98101-3336, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Legal Voice.

PUBLISHED OPINION

¶ 1 Ana Liza Garcia, Carmen Pacheco-Jones, and Natalya Semenenko (Appellants) contend the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) unfairly denied them the ability to work as caregivers to vulnerable adults. Under RCW 74.39A.056, these women are prohibited from being employed as long-term care workers...

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