Legal Opinion
La Union del Pueblo Entero v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided September 30, 2015No. Civil Action No. 1:08-CV-487PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINON AND ORDER
HILDA TAGLE, Senior District Judge.
In the early morning of July 23, 2008, Hurricane Dolly made landfall on the south Texas coast, lashing the region with fierce winds and soaking it in torrential rain.1 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) received thousands of applications for disaster relief under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act’s (“the Stafford Act”) Individuals and Households Program (“IHP.”), 42-U.S.C. § 5174, in the following weeks. After conducting inspections, FEMA denied approximately 50% of those applications…
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