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“Ariana,” was having problems with her neighbors in a public housing apartment complex. They had been harassing her ever since she reported them to management for using a fake parking pass and blocking other vehicles. During one of these incidents, her neighbor flashed a gun at her and threatened her. She called the police and filed for an injunction, not knowing what else to do. Her neighbor tried to turn the tables on her and told management that Ariana was the one who had threatened violence. Despite a record of incidents on the part of her neighbor and a police report showing Ariana was the victim, the landlord took the neighbor’s word and issued her an eviction notice. The landlord also claimed that Ariana had an unauthorized guest, referring to a man who is homeless but sometimes stays near the property and had been arrested. Ariana barely knew the man and had only given him some food a couple times to help him out. She believed the eviction notice was in fact retaliation because she had recently sued her landlord when her child was hurt on a dangerous part of the property. When her landlord filed the eviction, JALA attorney James Tyer filed an answer claiming the landlord had no evidence of any of these violations and was only retaliating for the lawsuit. After the landlord initially refused to drop the eviction, Tyer called their bluff and agreed to go to trial. The landlord then quickly agreed to dismiss the case if Ariana would move to another unit away from the neighbor with whom she’d had the disagreement. Ariana accepted the offer and moved to another unit, where she and her child could live in peace.
