Legal Opinion
Van Meter v. Harvey
District Court, D. Maine
Decided January 31, 2011No. 1:09-cv-00633-JAWPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
Seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Plaintiffs move for class certification. Because Plaintiffs have established each of the requirements for class certification, the Court grants their motion.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
On December 18, 2009, Jacob Van Meter, Adam Fletcher — by and through his guardian, Gail Fletcher — and Eric Reeves (Named Plaintiffs) filed a complaint seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for DHHS’s alleged violations of the…
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