Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Brown
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 26, 2004No. CIV.A. 03-30160-KPNPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER WITH REGARD TO DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS (Document No. 10)
NEIMAN, United States Magistrate Judge.
In this action, Jeannette Mendez, Judy Cook and Carmen Ortiz (“Plaintiffs”) — all of whom are clinically obese women receiving Medicaid benefits — allege that the Massachusetts Division of Medical Assistance (“DMA”)’s policy and practice of denying breast reduction surgery for them and other obese women violates the Medicaid Act, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (“Rehab Act”). The DMA’s Acting Commissioner…
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