Herrera v. Trabajamos Community Head Start, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

JED S. RAKOFF, U.S.D.J.

Defendant Trabajamos Community Head Start, Jnc. (“Trabajamos”) received federal funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“ARRA”), the economic stimulus package enacted early in President Barack Obama’s first term of office, Naomi Herrera-Castro (“Castro”), the former Executive Director of Trabajamos, claimed that she was fired for reporting, a fraudulent scheme involving stimulus funds, and brought a one-claim “whistleblower” complaint against the defendant. Following discovery, Castro died, but her suit was taken over by her…