Preliminary Injunction – Illinois Medicaid Program – State Contracts

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: Western Illinois Service Coordination, et al. v. Illinois Department of Human Services, et al.

Case No.: 19-2211

Officials: FLAUM, SYKES, and SCUDDER, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Preliminary Injunction – Illinois Medicaid Program – State Contracts

Circumstances often change as time passes. And changed circumstances can have consequences in litigation. This appeal presents a good example. Our review is limited to the denial of a preliminary injunction, which sought to prevent an event—the shift in the award of state contracts for the provision of case management services as part of Illinois’s Medicaid program. That transition occurred on July 1, 2019. During oral argument, the plaintiffs— parties to the former contracts—acknowledged that it would be too disruptive to rewind the clock by somehow attempting to reinstate those contracts. So, too, did they confirm that they now seek different forms of relief. In these circumstances, the present appeal is moot, so we dismiss it and remand for further proceedings.

Dismissed and remanded

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