Yee-Litt v. Richardson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this action to declare unconstitutional and to enjoin federal and state regulations which permit the summary termination of welfare benefits prior to a hearing. The Federal Defendant is Elliot L. Richardson, the then Secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare, responsible for the administration of the Social Security Act’s categorical assistance programs. The State Defendant is Robert B. Carleson, Director of the California State Depai'tment of Social Welfare, the agency which administers…