District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)

Citation: District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Parent Document: District of Columbia v. Towers (2021)
Jurisdiction: DC (municipal)
Effective Date: 2021-05-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4882760/district-of-columbia-v-towers/ ↗

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         See Mendes v. Johnson, 389 A.2d 781, 787 (D.C. 1978) (en banc) (“[T]he
landlord’s common law right of self-help has been abrogated, and the legislatively
created remedies for reacquiring possession are exclusive. A tenant has a right not
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claims can likewise be constricted. 16 Claims for possession and eviction are already
subject to a litany of procedural limitations designed to give tenants a full and
meaningful opportunity to defend themselves and maintain their housing. 17 The
additional limitation of a filing moratorium for these types of claims during a
pandemic does not appear to implicate the right of access to the courts any more
than, for example, requiring the filing of a notice to vacate before allowing the filing
of a complaint for a judgment of possession. Although both provisions inject delay
into the process, they are simply part of the procedural fabric of our eviction
statute.18 See Sosna v. Iowa, 419 U.S. 393, 410 (1975) (upholding a one-year

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