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Max Lancaster, By and Through, Jan Green, Next Friend and Attorney-In-Fact v. Jeffrey Cartmell, Director, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, No. 25-6000 · judgment December 23, 2025
Certiorari denied · June 29, 2026
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
i QUESTION FOR REVIEW Does 42 U.S.C. §1396a(a)(8) create a private right of action giving individuals the ability to enforce its requirements in court through 42 U.S.C. §1983?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Michael Craig Riffel
Riffel, Riffel and Benham, PLLC
For respondent
Susan L. Eads
OKDHS Legal Unit
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jun 29 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 09 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/25/2026.
- May 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent Clay Bullard, CEO/Director of the Oklahoma Health Care Authority to respond filed.
- May 27 2026Waiver of right of respondent Jeffrey Cartmell, Director of the Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services to respond filed.
- Mar 19 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 29, 2026)