Mealey's (June 19, 2020, 11:19 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge in California on June 15 denied partial summary judgment to three nursing home residents who claim that the secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is violating their civil rights by failing to enforce orders allowing patients to be readmitted to skilled assisted living facilities, noting that the motion for preliminary judgment was filed before the completion of discovery and that genuine issues of material fact exist regarding whether the individual plaintiffs have been denied their right to appeal (Bruce Anderson, et al. v. Mark Ghaly, No. 15-CV-05120, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 104232)....