Salazar v. Dc

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OSCAR SALAZAR, et al., : : Plaintiffs, : : v. : Civil Action No. 93-452 (GK) : DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, et al., : : Defendants. : MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiffs are a class of poor children who are eligible for Medicaid services in the District of Columbia. Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, they initiated this action almost two decades ago in order to ensure that Defendants provide those services. During the course of this long and difficult litigation, parties were able to resolve their dispute in the form of a Consent Decree agreed to in…