Tjm 64 v. SBA

Case summary

TJM 64, Inc., RAB Memphis, LLC and LBOE, Inc., Shelby County, Tennessee companies owned by Lee Adams, sued the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, Isabella Casillas Guzman, and the SBA in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, No. 2:22-cv-02666, over the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. The complaint, filed September 29, 2022 as Entry 1, challenges Section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which appropriated $28.6 billion for the fund and required the SBA to prioritize grants to businesses owned by women, veterans or socially and economically disadvantaged owners during the initial 21-day period; it alleges that Adams, a white male, applied on the first day but his application was not processed before the funds were depleted, claims the race and gender classifications violate equal protection, and seeks compensatory damages not to exceed $2,500,000.00. These are the plaintiffs' allegations. The complaint is the only filing in the archive; the hosted docket shows nothing after September 29, 2022.