Van Patin, Plaintiff In Class Action Against FEMA

Plaintiff Van Patin was a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana when Hurricane Katrina struck. His pre-disaster home is uninhabitable due to Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Patin had a leg amputated and is wheelchair bound. In early September, Mr. Patin applied for FEMA housing assistance. He was told by FEMA that he would receive a handicap-accessible trailer, that the trailers were on-site and that they were in the process of installing ramps for the trailers. To date, he has not received a trailer, any Temporary Housing Assistance or any further information from FEMA regarding his request for housing assistance.

(From Part III of the Complaint.)