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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The defendants also argue that Ms. Carter has not "identified any imminent risk that she or her family will actually be subject to criminal activity in Hartford." Defs.' Opp'n at 34. This arguments set the bar too high. "[A]s a preliminary injunction requires only a likelihood of irreparable injury, ... Damocles's sword does not have to actually fall ... before the court will issue an injunction." League of Women Voters , 838 F.3d at 8-9. Irreparable harm can flow not only from actual criminal victimization, but also from "continued exposure *176to [a] high crime rate ... and unsafe conditions of [one's] present community." Bronson v. Crestwood Lake Section 1 Holding Corp. , 724 F.Supp. 148, 153 (S.D.N.Y. 1989) ; see also ENGDAHL , supra , at 27 ("Families in disadvantaged neighborhoods are at higher risk for disease and earlier death likely due" in part to "the cumulative stress arising from living in unsafe neighborhoods with limited resources."); TURNER & RAWLINGS , supra , at 3 ("Young people who live in high-crime areas are more likely to commit crimes themselves.").

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