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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ET AL., Plaintiffs, V. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ET AL., Defendants. * * * * * * * * * * * Civil Action No. 1:25-cv-13165-IT MEMORANDUM AND ORDER October 31, 2025 TALWANI, D.J. Pending before the court is Plaintiffs' Motion for a Temporary Restraining Order [Doc. No. 3] seeking to enjoin, on an emergency basis, Defendants' November 1, 2025 suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ("SNAP"). For the reasons stated below, Plaintiffs have standing to bring this action and are likely to succeed on their claim that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is unlawful. Where that suspension of benefits rested on an erroneous construction of the relevant statutory provisions, the court will allow Defendants to consider whether they will authorize at least reduced SNAP benefits for November, and report back to the court no later than Monday, November 3, 2025.

A. Likelihood of Success on the Merits Plaintiffs have demonstrated a strong likelihood of success on the merits of their claim under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 706(2)(A), (C), that Defendants' suspension of SNAP benefits is contrary to law. At core, Defendants' conclusion that USDA is statutorily prohibited from funding SNAP because Congress has not enacted new appropriations for the current fiscal year is erroneous. To the contrary, Defendants are statutorily mandated to use the previously appropriated SNAP contingency reserve when necessary and also have discretion to use other previously appropriated funds as detailed below.

As both parties acknowledge, Congress has not yet appropriated any new funds for SNAP benefits for Fiscal Year 2026, which began on October 1, 2025. Pls.' Mem. 6 [Doc. No. 4]; Defs.' Opp'n 7 [Doc. No. 18]. But Congress took steps to protect against the deprivation of SNAP assistance. In the 2024 Consolidated Appropriations Act, Pub. L. No. 118-42, § 6, 138 Stat. 25, 93-94, Congress separately appropriated $6 billion to the SNAP program "to remain available through September 30, 2026" and "be placed in reserve for use only in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations." See also Pub. L. No. 119-4, § 1101(a), 139 Stat. 9, 10 (2025). As Plaintiffs point out, given the mandatory nature of SNAP benefits under 7 U.S.C. § 2014(a) and the appropriation of these funds to be available 10 Case 1:25-cv-13165-IT Document 26 Filed 10/31/25 Page 11 of 15 through this current fiscal year, the government is obligated to use this contingent reserve account to fund SNAP "as may become necessary to carry out program operations." 138 Stat. at 93-94; Pls.' Mem. 11 [Doc. No. 4].

Defendants argue out that a "suspension" is permitted under USDA's regulations, and that USDA "has consistently interpreted its authority to allow for the suspension or cancellation of benefits when necessary." Defs. Opp'n 6 [Doc. No. 18). The regulation at issue, 7 C.F.R. $ 271.7(a), sets forth procedures to be followed if monthly SNAP allowances "must be reduced, suspended, or cancelled to comply with section 18 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008" (emphasis added). But that the regulation allows for a suspension when there are no funds does not mean that Defendants may choose a suspension over a reduction while funds do remain. If the regulation did authorize such discretion, it would be inconsistent with the statutory mandate that benefits "shall" be paid unless funding is no longer available.

BREAKING: Federal judge rules that the Trump administration likely illegally suspended SNAP benefits, ruling that at least reduced distribution is required to go forward under law using the $6 billion reserve fund.

Judge gives the Trump admin until Monday to respond as to whether it will act.

Trump Hosts Glittering 'Great Gatsby' Bash As Millions Lose SNAP Benefits The president hosted his glittering, Roaring '20s-themed event at Mar-a-Lago hours before federal food benefits were set to go on pause.

Trump hosted a glittering ‘Great Gatsby’-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago — just hours before millions of people were set to lose SNAP benefits

A common theme of Trump II is an utterly cowardly class of elites while everyday regular people have risen to the occasion

1,100 rabbis say Mamdani makes Jews unsafe while ignoring the GOP's public embrace of Adolf Hitler

Please help me save my mother and protect my family in Gaza! ❤️ Help Me Save My Mother… and Myself

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Lincoln bedroom ensuite

This is a photo from Trump’s renovation of the Lincoln bedroom ensuite and um… can people in the East Wing and Treasury Building just… watch White House guests poop?

Im sorry to be so pushy about this right now but I had to go to the ER and urgent care yet again recently and things are extremely tight.

TRAILER DROPS THIS FRIDAY (HALLOWEEN)!!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sT23...

“In a whirlwind of magical mishaps and roller-skating mayhem, Sahara, a magic-less teenager, unwittingly finds herself thrust into the fantastical world of roller derby.

Support Jamaica – Official Disaster Relief & Recovery Portal Join hands with the Government of Jamaica. Support national disaster relief, locate shelters, and stay informed on Hurricane Melissa updates.

As we rebuild post Hurricane Melissa - Jamaica could really use your help.

If you're able, please, PLEASE donate to the GoJ's support fund:
supportjamaica.gov.jm

if you're into dance music you owe everything to Jamaica and its people. clubs and raves would be nowhere without Jamaican soundsystem culture. they simply wouldn't exist.

#HurricaneMelissa has struck #Jamaica, #Cuba, #Haiti and other countries.

MSF is preparing to send emergency teams and medical, water and sanitation supplies.

Read more from Brice de le Vingne, Head of Emergency Unit: ow.ly/ZY2c50XkCyo

Grokipedia forgets to mention the Holocaust, even though the content was originally scrapped from Wikipedia, how convenient

Hurricane Melissa poses "catastrophic" threat to Caribbean: Jamaica braces for direct hit The rapidly intensifying storm could hit Jamaica as a rare Category 5 hurricane, forecasters warn.

PHOTOS: Jamaica is already feeling the effects of Hurricane Melissa ahead of its expected landfall as a "powerful, major" storm in the Caribbean island nation this week.

Projected maximum rainfall in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa? 40 inches+

That's the average amount of rain DC sees in an entire YEAR.

Parts of Jamaica may see more than 30 inches of rain from Hurricane Melissa

This is the mark of an overheated earth, and the damage it causes will be terrifying. Please be prepared to help those providing aid

Rule of Law Alert: Trump’s authority for country-specific tariffs comes from the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which doesn’t mention tariffs—but does require a national emergency.

An ad showing that Reagan opposed tariffs surely is not a national emergency. (It may be a personal one)

trump is demolishing our national symbols and selling the country for scrap to his corrupt donors

FYI: it’s, uh, *not nothing* that the head of an entire Christian denomination — here Rev. Karen Georgia A. Thompson of the United Church of Christ — issued a statement decrying DHS agents for shooting one of her pastors in the face with a pepper round, adding, “No one is safe from tyranny."

If you're going to donate to a local organization to help with the incoming food crisis, PLEASE do a bit of research first.

There are a LOT of organizations that are heavily religious and conservative who WILL discriminate with who gets their assistance.

the way Trump and his administration keep going on livestreams and tv to laugh about this, I can’t really compare it to anything political that comes to mind, only thing that comes to mind rn is a serial killer who writes letter taunting family of their victim.

have reread the phrase “30-40+ inches of additional rain” several times now

Financial Times headline says “critics accuse” Trump of extrajudicial killings

I’m sorry, why are we using “critics accuse” language here? These are factually, unambiguously, extrajudicial killings. It’s not an opinion. It’s not a disputed or disputable claim.

He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Timothy Mellon, a reclusive billionaire and a major financial backer of President Trump, is the anonymous private donor who gave $130 million to the U.S. government to help pay troops during the shutdown, according to two people familiar with the matter. Mr. Trump announced the donation on Thursday night, but he declined to name the person who provided the funds, only calling him a “patriot” and a friend. But the two people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the donation was private, identified him as Mr. Mellon. Shortly after departing Washington on Friday, Mr. Trump again declined to identify Mr. Mellon while talking to reporters aboard Air Force One. He only said the individual was “a great American citizen” and a “substantial man.”

Mr. Mellon, a wealthy banking heir and railroad magnate, is a longtime backer of Mr. Trump and gave tens of millions of dollars to groups supporting the president’s campaign. Last year, he made a $50 million donation to a super PAC supporting Mr. Trump, which was one of the largest single contributions ever disclosed. A grandson of former Treasury Secretary Andrew W. Mellon, Mr. Mellon was not a prominent Republican donor until Mr. Trump was elected. But in recent years, he has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into supporting Mr. Trump and the Republican Party. Mr. Mellon, who lives primarily in Wyoming, keeps a low profile despite his prolific political spending. He is also a significant supporter of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who also ran for president last year. Mr. Mellon donated millions to Mr. Kennedy’s presidential campaign and has also given money to his anti-vaccine group, Children’s Health Defense. The Pentagon said it accepted the donation under the “general gift acceptance authority.”

The anonymous donor who gave a $130 million donation to help pay active-duty service members during the shutdown has reportedly been identified as Timothy Mellon

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After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history. Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.

Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...

a photo of Taki Allen and a bag of doritos

Baltimore high school student Taki Allen was swarmed by police after an artificial intelligence system apparently mistook his bag of Doritos for a gun www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

“Making Sense of the Federal Forces on the Streets,” with photos of how they’re uniformed and equipped

The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.