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US Judge Greenlights Class Action Over DOGE-Led HHS Reduction-in-Force Notice
2026-01-23 23:18 UTC by Globe StreetSulaiman Abdur-Rahmanhttps://feeds.feedblitz.com/-/941680604/0/globest/washington-dc.jpgClass Actions/Government/Law Firms - Large/Litigation/Federal Government/Health Care/Cases and Courts/Legal Services/Analysis

"[P]laintiffs' complaint has provided ample support for a plausible inference that defendants' inaccurate documentation of their performance ratings 'actually caused' their terminations in violation of [the Privacy Act]," U.S. District Senior Judge Beryl Howell wrote in a decision allowing seven terminated employees of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to seek money damages in a proposed class action naming HHS and other federal agencies as defendants.

      

 

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