HO v. DONOVAN

Nos. 08-1763, 08-2159.

569 F.3d 677 (2009)

Jennifer HO, Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, and Chak Man Fung, Intervening Petitioner/Cross-Respondent, v. Shaun DONOVAN, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Respondent/Cross-Petitioner, and Meki Bracken and Diana Lin, Intervening Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 23, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Ho, Chicago, IL, pro se.

Laura Gonzalez, TGC Partners, Leslie V. Matlaw (argued), Chicago, IL, for Intervening Petitioner/Cross-Respondent.

Christopher Chen-Hsin Wang (argued), Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent/Cross-Petitioner.

J. Damian Ortiz (argued), John Marshall Law School Fair Housing Legal Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Intervening Respondents.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and BAUER and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Chak Man Fung owns a condo unit in Chicago's Loop. The unit has been subdivided and rented to three occupants, who share a kitchen and bathroom. Jennifer Ho, one of the occupants, acts as Fung's agent for choosing other renters. When Diana Lin planned to move out before her lease was up, she proposed Meki Bracken as a replacement. As soon as Ho recognized that Bracken is black, however, Ho refused to accept her as a tenant. Ho told Lin: ...

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