Stewart v. Bernstein

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Stella Stewart is a Medicaid recipient who, from May of 1979 to November of 1980, resided at the Kilgore Nursing Center (KNC), a private nursing home located in Texas. On November 18,1980, the administrator of KNC, Steve Vaughn, notified appellant by letter that she would have to leave the facility within three days. Ms. Stewart maintains that on the third day, she was involuntarily taken from the Center and deposited at the Henderson Memorial Hospital, where no one had arranged in advance for her admission. When appellant’s husband and daughter later…