United States Fifth Circuit
Ridgely v. Fed. Emergency Mgmt. Agency, 07-30615
In a class action against FEMA brought by individuals who received rental assistance payments from the federal government after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, alleging various constitutional and statutory deficiencies in the process by which the rental assistance program is administered, a preliminary injunction against FEMA requiring it to make payments to class members until certain notice, hearing, and appeal procedures have been provided is vacated and remanded where, at this time, plaintiffs have not established a substantial likelihood of successfully showing the property interest needed to support their due process claims.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/04/2008
- Published 01/07/2008
Judges
- KING, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Adam Paul Strochak, Washington, DC, Caitlin Joan Halligan (argued), Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Lisa Royce Eskow, Meredith Bishop Parenti, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Austin, TX, Angela Schwartz, Pub. Interest Law Project, Oakland, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Alisa Beth Klein, Mark Bernard Stern, Eric Fleisig-Greene (argued), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.