DC Circuit: CDC Exceeded Authority in COVID-Eviction Moratorium
Monday, May 10, 2021 A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exceeded its authority in issuing a nationwide eviction moratorium aimed at protecting renters facing hardship in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a twenty-page decision, 1 U.S. District Judge Dabney L. Friedrich recognized that COVID-19 has created a serious public health crisis with unprecedented challenges for public health officials but nonetheless found that the CDC did not have authority to impose a nationwide eviction moratorium under the Public...
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