Section 888

Citation: Section 888
Parent Document: Open Cmtys. Alliance v. Carson, 286 F. Supp. 3d 148 (2017)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2017-12-23
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/7328080/open-cmtys-alliance-v-carson/ ↗

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Plaintiff Crystal Carter has demonstrated a risk of irreparable injury sufficient to warrant a preliminary injunction. Ms. Carter and her five minor children currently use a Housing Choice Voucher to rent a four-bedroom house in the City of Hartford, Connecticut. Carter Decl. ¶ 1. Three of Ms. Carter's children attend high-performing schools in the Simsbury School District through Hartford's Open Choice school integration program. Id. ¶ 4. Ms. Carter wishes to use her voucher to move to the town of Simsbury in Hartford County, Connecticut, to be closer to those schools. Id. ¶ 6. Simsbury's poverty rate of 3.4 percent, Decl. of Sasha Samberg-Champion ("Pls.' Decl."), Ex. I, Poverty Data for Simsbury Town, CT, ECF No. 16-9, is much lower than the poverty rate in Ms. Carter's ZIP code, which is 32.2 percent, Pls.' Decl., Ex. G, Poverty Data for 06114 ZIP Code, ECF No 16-7. Simsbury offers higher quality education and a safer living environment for Ms. Carter's entire family than does Hartford. Carter Decl. ¶ 6. As the plaintiffs observe, "[l]iving close to her children's schools has obvious benefits for any parent, including reducing the children's commute times, giving them more opportunity to engage with their classmates out of school, and allowing the parent to be more involved with her children's schools." Pls.' Mem. at 39.

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