Renoldo L. Spivey v. Marion Barry, Jr., as Mayor of the District of Columbia, Louline Green, Intervenor

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action brought by a class of indigent residents of the District of Columbia (hereinafter denominated “plaintiffs”), requesting declaratory and injunctive relief against the District of Columbia (“D.C.”), its Mayor, and other D.C. officials charged with administering public health programs (collectively denominated “defendants”). Plaintiffs alleged that defendants had violated their substantive and procedural rights under D.C. law and the Constitution in the closing of the Northwest Health Clinic, commonly known as the Upshur Street Clinic (or “Clinic”).

The…