Rueda v. Yellen et al

  1. March 08, 2022

    Court Tosses Immigrant Spouse's Stimulus Check Challenge

    A woman's suit contending she was wrongly deprived of pandemic relief payments from the IRS because of her marriage to an immigrant is barred by a federal law prohibiting court challenges that restrain tax collection, a Maryland federal court ruled.

  2. February 11, 2022

    Feds Point Judge To Colleague's Take On Virus Stimulus

    A ruling that Congress could deny COVID-19 stimulus checks to people without Social Security numbers deals a fatal blow to a woman's claims that her marriage to an immigrant wrongly cost her pandemic relief, the U.S. Department of Treasury told a Maryland federal court.

  3. June 17, 2021

    IRS Tries To Drop Sole Remaining Stimulus Check Plaintiff

    The Internal Revenue Service told a Maryland federal court on Wednesday that the final remaining plaintiff in a proposed class action of married couples who lost out on COVID-19 stimulus checks because of their immigration status is making flawed arguments since her ineligibility for the check doesn't interfere with any of her constitutional rights.

  4. June 03, 2021

    Immigrant's Spouse Holds Out In IRS Stimulus Check Row

    The last plaintiff standing in a proposed class of married couples of mixed immigration status who lost out on COVID-19 stimulus payments shot back at the Internal Revenue Service's call to dump her suit, reiterating her constitutional claims after the rest of her party dropped out.

  5. August 06, 2020

    US Must Face Stimulus Check Suit By Spouses Of Immigrants

    The IRS and U.S. Treasury Department must face a suit brought by Americans who lost out on their federal stimulus checks because they are married to immigrants without Social Security numbers, a Maryland federal court said.

  6. April 29, 2020

    Mixed Immigration Status Couples Sue For Stimulus Checks

    The Trump administration was hit Tuesday with another lawsuit brought by Americans who lost out on their federal stimulus checks because they are married to immigrants without Social Security numbers.