United States Tenth Circuit

The Oklahoma Department of Human Services did not violate federal law when it determined that plaintiff cannot use a federal statutory "special needs trust" to prevent Oklahoma from taking her social security income as Medicaid co-pay.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2005
• Published 06/15/2005

Judges

• LUCERO, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO and McCONNELL, Circuit Judges, and ANDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lee M. Holmes, Holmes, Holmes & Neisent, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, OK, (Tracy Speck Neisent, Holmes, Holmes & Neisent, P.L.L.C., Oklahoma City, OK with him on the briefs), for the Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew Tevington, Assistant Attorney General, State of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, (Travis Smith, Assistant General Counsel, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City, OK, with him on the briefs), for the Appellees.