Legal Opinion
Adam Mushero, Etc. v. H. Rollin Ives, Commissioner, Maine Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 19, 1991No. 91-1347PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
Adam Mushero, representing plaintiff class, 1 appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Maine denying his request for declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Maine Department of Human Services (“DHS”). Mushe-ro claimed that DHS violated federal law when it intercepted his federal tax refund in order to satisfy his alleged indebtedness for Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payments previously made for his children. The district court held that DHS had properly imposed an…
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