A 2026 update to the $23 billion borrower defense class action case, Sweet v. McMahon, allows an additional 170,000 student loan borrowers to have their debt forgiven.
Roughly seven years after plaintiffs filed a massive class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education (DOE), more than 170,000 additional borrowers will have their student loans forgiven. This follows several people’s allegations that their applications for loan cancellation were ignored after a settlement agreement.
Is there a class action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education?
Yes. Seven plaintiffs filed a complaint on June 25, 2019, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of…