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122224P.pdf   09/10/2013  John Geston  v.  Maggie D. Anderson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  12-2224
   U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota - Bismarck   
   [PUBLISHED] [Colloton, Author, with Loken and Melloy, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Medicaid. In action alleging the North Dakota Department of 
   Human Services improperly counted an annuity owned by his wife in 
   determining plaintiff's eligibility for Medicaid benefits, the district 
   court did not err in concluding the North Dakota statute which requires 
   the annuity to be counted - North Dakota Century Code Sec. 
   5-24.1-02.8(7)(b) - violates and is preempted by federal Medicaid law.