Hobbs ex rel. Hobbs v. Zenderman

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Steffan Hobbs, by and through his parents as next friends, sued several employees of the New Mexico Human Services Department (“NMHSD”) following that agency’s denial of Hobbs’ application for Medicaid benefits. NMHSD’s denial turned on its determination that a certain trust was a “countable resource” because the trust was not being administered for *1175Hobbs’ sole benefit. Hobbs advanced claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging defendants violated his rights under the Medicaid Act and denied him due process by rejecting his application on the basis of unwritten,…