Milan Smith
| Milan Smith | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Station: | El Segundo, CA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 5/18/2006 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Wallace Tashima |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1942 |
| Home State: | Pendleton, OR |
| Undergraduate: | Brigham Young University 1966 |
| Law School: | University of Chicago Law School 1969 |
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Milan Dale Smith, Jr. is a federal appeals judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California. He joined the Court in 2006 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
Early life and education
Born in Pendleton, Oregon, Smith graduated from Brigham Young University with his Bachelor's degree in 1966 and received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago Law School in 1969.[1]
Professional career
Smith was a private practice attorney in the State of California from 1969 to 2006 and also served as President and General Counsel for the Los Angeles State Building Authority from to 1983 to 2006. Smith was Vice Chairman of the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission from 1987 to 1991.[1]
Judicial career
Smith was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit by President George W. Bush on February 14, 2006, to a seat vacated by Wallace Tashima. Smith was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 16, 2006 on a Senate vote and received commission on May 18, 2006.[2]
Notable cases
Medi-Cal case: CA illegally attempts to cut doctors' fees
| United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit *Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc., et al., v. David Maxwell-Jolly, Director of the Dept. of Health Care Services, State of California 2:08-cv-03315-CAS-MAS |
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| Judge Smith wrote the majority panel opinion in a lawsuit involving withholding of retroactive reimbursement payments to providers of Medi-Cal. Medi-Cal is California's Medicaid program.[3] Judge Smith, along with judges Stephen Reinhardt and William Fletcher, ruled unanimously to uphold an injunction against cuts in the reimbursement payments to providers. The judges ruled that California's budget crisis does not justify the 10% reduction in payments to providers.[3]
The court's ruling held that California cannot withhold $1.1 billion a year in payments to doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health care providers. The lawsuit came in response to a bill passed by the California Legislature in 2008 which reduced compensation to providers of Medi-Cal by 10%, or about $1.1 billion.[3] The state is facing a major budget crisis that has forced many state programs like Medi-Cal to make deep budget cuts.[3] The judges opined that driving away providers from the already-shrinking group, while allowing the system to keep taking state-funded patients endangers their ability to get treatment.[3] The underlying suit was brought in 2008 when health care providers who care for seven million Californians on Medi-Cal sued the Department of Health Care Services after the law took effect on July 1, 2008.[3] Central District of California federal judge Christina Snyder ruled against the fee reductions on August 18, 2008, but also ruled that the California Constitution shielded the state from having to make retroactive payments for the period spanning the effective date of the cuts, and up until her August 18th order.[4] As a result of the Ninth Circuit's ruling, the State of California must pay providers $55.8 million dollars in retroactive reimbursements that were withheld weeks before Judge Snyder granted the original injunction. An official for the California Department of finance told the Los Angeles Times that the ruling would not affect the $26.3-billion state budget deficit because the state hadn't counted on the 10% savings from the Medi-Cal reimbursement changes.[3] |
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge M. Smith's Biography at the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ "THOMAS" Milan Smith USCA, 9th Cir. confirmation: PN1327-109
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "LA Times" Payments to Medi-Cal providers will not be cut, federal court rules, July 10, 2009
- ↑ "San Francisco Chronicle" State can't cut Medi-Cal fees, court rules, July 10, 2009
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Wallace Tashima |
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 2006–Present |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
