- Docket No.
- 4:23-cv-00347
- District Court
- Arkansas Eastern
Goal
- Block operation of a program
- Declaration that a program is unlawful
Issues
Litigation Content
Why this Matters
The plaintiff alleges that a scholarship offered by an Arkansas state agency to promote health equity and increase diversity in the health care workforce violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Racial and ethnic diversity in the health care profession has been associated with better patient care and improved health care outcomes.
Potential Impact
Limiting policymakers’ ability to consider race in formulating policies could hamper efforts to diversify the health care workforce, ultimately resulting in negative patient outcomes, especially for racial and ethnic minorities.
News And Analysis (1)
10 Major Filings
- PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL (May 8, 2023)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (May 4, 2023)
- DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME (May 4, 2023)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (May 1, 2023)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Apr 26, 2023)
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Apr 26, 2023)
- PLAINTIFF'S MEMORANDUM RE: COMBINED MOTION FOR MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Apr 26, 2023)
- PLAINTIFF'S COMBINED MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION (Apr 26, 2023)
- ORDER (Apr 12, 2023)
- COMPLAINT (Apr 12, 2023)