State Seeks to Dismiss Lien Stay Challenge as Plaintiffs Accuse DIR of Contempt

Lien claimants challenging the constitutionality of the mandatory stay on liens filed by criminally charged providers say the Department of Industrial Relations violated a federal injunction by creating a new process that effectively prohibits them from challenging whether a particular lien should be frozen. A March 15 motion asking the U.S. District Court for Central California to hold the DIR in contempt requests that the court issue a permanent injunction prohibiting the department from staying any liens, or alternatively, to require the department to adopt regulations that ensure...