Legal Opinion
Stovall v. Veneman
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 24, 2005No. CIV.A. 04-319 RMCPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COLLYER, District Judge.
Michael W. Stovall, an African-American farmer residing in Alabama, sues the Farm Service Agency (“FSA”), an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), and four individual FSA employees 1 for race discrimination. The Defendants have filed a motion to dismiss, which Mr. Stovall opposes. The Court finds that his claims under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act are time-barred, his constitutional claims are precluded by the doctrine of sovereign immunity, and his contract claim must be presented to the Court of Federal Claims.
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