Parents' League for Effective Autism Services v. Jones-Kelley

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Helen Jones-Kelly, Director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, and Sandra Stephenson, Director of the Ohio Department of Mental Health, appeal the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction enjoining the implementation of two amended state administrative rules. The Parents’ League for Effective Autism Services, along with three children with autism and their guardians, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming violations of their rights under federal Medicaid law. Plaintiffs claimed that amendments to state administrative rules…