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YARBROUGH v. DECATUR HOUSING AUTHORITY

No. 17-11500.

931 F.3d 1322 (2019)

Sheena YARBROUGH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DECATUR HOUSING AUTHORITY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 2, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Lee Forton , Holly Nicole Ray-Kirby , Legal Services Alabama, Huntsville, AL, Farahbin Majid , Legal Services of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles A. Stewart, III , Stanley Blackmon , Jake Michael Gipson , Jonathan C. Rudy Hill , Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Charles R. Bliss , Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., ATLANTA, GA, Jeffrey M. Hearne , Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., MIAMI, FL, Lindsey Meredith Siegel , Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., Decatur, GA, for Amicus Curiae Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc.

Jeffrey M. Hearne , Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Miami, FL, Lisa J. Krisher , Georgia Legal Services Program, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Curiae Georgia Legal Services.

Jeffrey M. Hearne , Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc., Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Housing Umbrella Group of Florida Legal Services.

Eric Dunn , National Housing Law Project, Richmond, VA, for Amicus Curiae National Housing.

Katherine E. Walz , Militza Marie Pagan Lopez , Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JILL PRYOR, BRANCH, and GRANT, Circuit Judges.

For years, this Court has allowed district courts to entertain 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suits alleging wrongful termination of housing benefits under the Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437 et seq., where the housing authority failed to prove its case for termination by a preponderance of the evidence. See Basco...

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