Legal Opinion

Pride v. U.S. Department of Agriculture

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided August 23, 2024No. Civil Action No. 2023-2292Published

1Opinion of the Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LARRY PRIDE, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 23-2292 (LLA) v. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiffs Larry Pride, Marvin Roddy, Victor Lee, Gary Harris, and Chris Anderson are Black farmers from Mississippi and Arkansas. ECF No. 1 ¶¶ 12-16. They sue Defendants—the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), the Farm Service Agency (“FSA”), USDA Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack, and FSA Administrator Zach Ducheneaux—in this putative class action, alleging that the USDA employed racially…

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