Administrative – Grants – Violence Against Women Act – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Administrative – Grants – Violence Against Women Act – Rhode Island Lawyers Weekly

Where plaintiffs have challenged the defendants’ decision to place allegedly unlawful conditions on all future grants issued under the Violence Against Women Act, the plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction should be allowed because the defendants’ decision to impose the challenged conditions in a vague and haphazard manner was arbitrary, capricious, and an abuse of discretion, in violation of 5 U.S.C. §706(2)(A).