Criminal,
Civil Litigation
Oct. 7, 2020
Judge certifies class of inmates seeking Covid relief checks
The defendants have 30 days from Sept. 24 to reconsider advance refund payments to prisoners who are entitled to checks based on their 2018 and 2019 tax returns.
A federal court granted class certification to prisoners who alleged federal entities illegally withheld coronavirus stimulus checks from them. The same order also granted the prisoners' request for a preliminary injunction against the state entities, requiring the latter to issue checks to prisoners who had been excluded from the benefits solely because they were incarcerated.
The defendants - which include the U.S. Department of...
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