United States Ninth Circuit

The record supports the conclusion that the life and health of indigent county residents, including plaintiffs, would be threatened by the planned closure of one hospital and reduction in the number of beds at another. Issuance of a preliminary injunction was not an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/01/2003
• Decided 04/27/2004
• Published 04/27/2004

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before PREGERSON, COWEN, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Astrid G. Meghrigian (brief), San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae California Medical Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• Timothy T. Coates,Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendants-appellants Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Thomas L. Garthwaite, M.D. and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services., Mark D. Rosenbaum (argued and brief) and Ben Wizner (brief), ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, and Yolanda Vera (argued), Barbara Frankel, Sonal Ambegoakar, Susan Lee, Michelle Lilienfeld, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA, Yolanda Arias, Elena Ackel, Silvia R. Argueta, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, Gill Deford, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc., Willimantic, CT, for all plaintiffs-appellees.