Legal Opinion
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now v. Federal Emergency Management Agency
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided November 29, 2006No. 06 CV 1521 RJLPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
LEON, District Judge.
Before the Court is a motion for a preliminary injunction [# 3] filed by a national community organization, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (“ACORN”) 1 on behalf of several thousand evacuees of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita 2 and four individual Hurricane Katrina evacuees. 3 In essence, plaintiffs contend that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (“FEMA”) violated the due process rights of those hurricane evacuees who were denied long-term housing benefits under Section 408 of the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency…
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