Yorktown Medical Laboratory, Inc. v. Perales

OAKES, Chief Judge:

Yorktown Medical Laboratory, Inc. (“Yorktown”), a Medicaid provider, brought an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the New York State Department of Social Services (“DSS”) and the DSS Commissioner, Cesar A. Perales, alleging that DSS’s withholding of payment for claims constituted a violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The defendants filed a summary judgment motion arguing that the plaintiff had failed to demonstrate a constitutionally protected property interest, the Eleventh Amendment barred recovery, and the Commissioner was protected…