A Vermont Superior Court judge has denied a temporary restraining order sought by Vermont Legal Aid that would have blocked the eviction of roughly 800 unhoused individuals from a state-funded shelter program in motels on Thursday.
“Plaintiffs have not established the ‘clear’ right to relief that is necessary for the Court to issue preliminary injunctive relief,” Judge Timothy Tomasi wrote in a 16-page order issued just after 1 p.m.
Although Vermont Legal Aid “plainly alleged potential harm of high order,” the judge wrote, the organization did not convince him that the state had violated a law governing administrative rules nor the motel residents’ due process.
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