A United States District Judge in Washington ordered the SBA to
release the names and other information of all Paycheck Protection
Loan borrowers. In WP Company LLC d/b/a The
Washington Post, et al., v. U.S. Small Business
Administration, Civil Action No. 20-1240 (JEB) and a related
case, Center for Public Integrity v. U.S. Small Business
Administration, Civil Action No. 20-1614 (JEB), United States
District Judge James E. Boesberg issued a November 5, 2020 order
requiring the SBA to release the names and other information for
all PPP loan borrowers by November 19, 2020.
The SBA has now sought a stay of the court's order, and
which has been granted. The Court has temporarily stayed its
order and given the plaintiffs in the case until November 27,
2020, to respond to SBA's request.
