Black Farmers Lose: 100 Black Farmers Lose Bias Case
A federal judge slammed a group of black farmers who submitted a single sentence to show that they were wrongfully excluded from a $1.25 billion discrimination settlement.
The settlement compensates farmers affected by years of discriminatory practices by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which was found to have denied benefits based on race.
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman approved this specific settlement and class certification for those farmers who missed a previous deadline for relief established by the consent decree in Pigford v. Glickman. Class members must have submitted their late claims between Oct. 13, 1999, and June 18, 2008.
More than 100 pro se plaintiffs then sued court-appointed claims administrator Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions Inc. for refusing to send them claims packages.
Epiq’s role as administrator requires that it verify class membership through documentation. The plaintiffs said Epiq discriminated against them.
But Epiq countered the claims with documentation to support why it rejected the settlement requests.
Meanwhile the plaintiffs replied with a solitary sentence that said: “In response to the motion that was filed by the defendant on September 14, 2012, we the plaintiffs were (1) denied due process and (2) were denied packets being mailed to them thereby denying the plaintiffs the opportunity to file a claim by May 11, 2012 in the Black Farmers Settlement.” READMOREHERE
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