GILLIAM v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA LATOYA GILLIAM, ET AL., : : Case No. 20-cv-3504-JMY Plaintiffs : : v. : : UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF : AGRICULTURE, ET AL., : : Defendants : MEMORANDUM YOUNGE, J. September 11, 2020 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiffs Latoya Gilliam and Kayla McCrobie bring this putative class action against Defendants United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) and current USDA Secretary George Ervin Perdue III, challenging USDA’s interpretation and implementation of Section 2302(a)(1) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act…