Soskin v. Reinertson

HARTZ, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs represent a class of legal aliens who will lose their Medicaid benefits when last year’s Colorado Senate Bill OS-176 (SB 03-176) takes effect. They contend that the eligibility requirements of SB 03-176 violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and that the state’s procedures for terminating benefits violate Medicaid law and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court denied Plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction against implementation of SB 03-176. We granted an…