A federal judge in Southern California dismissed a claim that the automatic stay on liens filed by criminally charged providers is unconstitutional and interferes with the ability of a provider to hire the best attorney he or she can afford.
U.S. District Judge George H. Wu, in an order posted online Tuesday, dismissed with prejudice the Sixth Amendment claim brought by plaintiffs in Vanguard Medical Management Billing Inc. et al. v. Christine Baker et al.
At the same time, Wu dismissed the claim that the lien stay violates the contract clause of the state and federal constitutions, but ...
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