Stevens v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND., 663 F.3d 300 (2011)

Citation: Stevens v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND., 663 F.3d 300 (2011)
Parent Document: Stevens v. HOUSING AUTHORITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND., 663 F.3d 300 (2011)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Effective Date: 2011-12-01
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/618130/stevens-v-housing-authority-of-s... ↗

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apartment to investigate a fight. The officers determined
that Stevens had stabbed her husband, Christopher
Broadnax, during an argument.3 The Second Notice
also alleged that the police had been called to the apart-
ment on October 2, 2008, for another altercation be-
tween Stevens and Broadnax. At that time, Broadnax
told police officers that he was on house arrest and was
using Stevens’ unit as his principal place of residence.
He also told the officers that Stevens was high on crack
cocaine and had started the fight. The officers deter-
mined that there was an outstanding warrant for
Stevens for an unrelated charge for retail theft and there-
fore arrested Stevens. The Second Notice, again citing
the “One Strike” policy, directed Stevens to vacate the
apartment by December 8, 2008.
  Only a few weeks later, on November 24, 2008, HASB
issued its final “Important 30-day Notice to Terminate
Lease” (“Third Notice”) to Stevens. R. 62-5, at 30-33.
Building on the incidents detailed in the Second Notice,
HASB asserted that Broadnax accused Stevens of stabbing
him on November 5th during an argument over the
placement of his house arrest monitor in her home.
Broadnax claimed to be living in Stevens’ apartment but

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