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Section 888

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Section 888
Parent Document
Open Cmtys. Alliance v. Carson, 286 F. Supp. 3d 148 (2017)
Effective Date
2017-12-23
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https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7328080/open-cmtys-alliance-v-carson/ ↗

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Section 888.133(c)(4)'s plain language makes clear that HUD may suspend an SAFMR designation or exempt a PHA only upon one of three enumerated actions' occurrence. Further, under the canon of ejusdem generis , which "limits general terms which follow specific ones to matters similar to those specified," Wallaesa v. FAA , 824 F.3d 1071, 1081 (D.C. Cir. 2016) (quoting Gooch v. United States , 297 U.S. 124, 128, 56 S.Ct. 395, 80 L.Ed. 522 (1936) ), the third action must be construed to reach only events "of the same class as those listed" in the preceding exemplar *164actions, DeNaples v. Office of Comptroller of Currency , 706 F.3d 481, 490 n.5 (D.C. Cir. 2013) (quoting BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY 594 (9th ed. 2009)). See also Yates v. United States , --- U.S. ----, 135 S.Ct. 1074, 1086, 191 L.Ed.2d 64 (2015) ("[E ]jusdem generis [ ] counsels: 'Where general words follow specific words in a statutory enumeration, the general words are usually construed to embrace only objects similar in nature to those objects enumerated by the preceding specific words.' " (quoting Wash. State Dep't of Soc. & Health Servs. v. Guardianship Estate of Keffeler , 537 U.S. 371, 384, 123 S.Ct. 1017, 154 L.Ed.2d 972 (2003) (alterations omitted))); Hall St. Assocs., LLC v. Mattel, Inc. , 552 U.S. 576, 586, 128 S.Ct. 1396, 170 L.Ed.2d 254 (2008) ("Under th[e] rule [of ejusdem generis ], when a statute sets out a series of specific items ending with a general term, that general term is confined to covering subjects comparable to the specifics it follows."); Cole v. Burns Int'l Sec. Servs. , 105 F.3d 1465, 1471 (D.C. Cir. 1997) ("[T]he rule of ejusdem generis ... limits general terms which follow specific ones to matters similar to those specified." (internal quotation marks omitted)).