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A federal judge threw out a lawsuit seeking to block student-loan forgiveness for over 800,000 borrowers
On Monday, Judge Thomas Ludington in the Eastern District of Michigan Northern Division ruled that a lawsuit seeking to block $39 billion in debt relief for 800,000 borrowers lacks standing and is dismissed. Last week, the New Civil Liberties Alliance, a nonprofit aimed at protecting constitutional freedoms, filed a lawsuit on behalf of two conservative groups — the Cato Institute and the Mackinac Center for Public Policy — to block President Joe Biden's plans to get relief to borrowers who made the required 20 or 25 payments on income-driven repayment plans.
Lack of standing since they couldn't prove "material damage".