Shriver Center Defeats Motion to Dismiss
HOPE Fair Housing Center and other plaintiffs represented by grantee, the Shriver Center, and the law firm Relman, Dane & Colfax PLLC is challenging the City of Peoria’s selective enforcement of its nuisance ordinance by targeting African-Americans and survivors of domestic violence that allegedly perpetuates Peoria’s long-standing racial segregation. The Court denied on May 14, 2018, the City’s motion to dismiss plaintiffs for lack of standing. (May 2018)