Pacific Legal Foundation v. Goyan

JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.

This action was brought by the Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in order to invalidate a new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) program providing federal funds to reimburse persons for their expenses incurred in participating in certain FDA proceedings. The plaintiff has filed a motion for summary judgment and the defendant has filed a motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, for summary judgment. The case was originally assigned to Judge Thomsen who had scheduled a hearing before discovering he had a conflict. There are…