Outhay Thongsamouth v. Richard S. Schweiker, Secretary of Health and Human Services

In this class action plaintiffs appeal an order entered by the District Court of Massachusetts, which converted a previous order of the Court, denying plaintiffs a preliminary injunction, into a final judgment on the merits. The plaintiffs had sought preliminary injunctive relief against both the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the defendant Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare, preventing them from terminating cash and medical benefits paid to plaintiffs under the Refugee Act of 1980. The benefits were received by plaintiffs until…