Authorities Cited: United States Code 42 U.S.C. § 1396 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Code of Federal Regulations 42 C.F.R. § 431.54(f) 42 C.F.R. § 1002.1 42 C.F.R. § 1002.2(a) 45 C.F.R. § 61.10(a) 45 C.F.R. § 61.12(a) 45 C.F.R. § 61.3 Supreme Court 312 U.S. 52, 67 326 U.S. 341, 349 331 U.S. 218, 230 353 U.S. 232 367 U.S. 886, 895-896 408 U.S. 564, 572-573 448 U.S. 1, 4-5 470 U.S. 532, 541 485 U.S. 759, 778 501 U.S. 597, 604-605 518 U.S. 470, 485 520 U.S. 329, 340-341 526 U.S. 286, 291-292 532 U.S. 275, 291 536 U.S. 273, 285-290 544 U.S. 113, 119 Circuit Courts 667 F.2d 773, 777-778 815 F.2d 549, 557 819 F.2d 935, 937 827 F.2d 1368 969 F.2d 312 55 F.3d 454, 462 67 F.3d 858, 862-863 238 F.3d 1123, 1125-1130 314 F.3d 641 335 F.3d 932, 936-939 345 F.3d 683, 691 351 F.3d 1291, 1298 359 F.3d 1105, 1108-1113 442 F.3d 456, 461 448 F.3d 1118, 1124 460 F.3d 1162, 1175 472 F.3d 587, 589-590 492 F.3d 1094, 1098 505 F.3d 898, 902 518 F.3d 658, 677 Federal Rules of Evidence Fed. R. Evid. 201