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Yesler Terrace Community Council v. Cisneros, 37 F.3d 442 (1994)

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Yesler Terrace Community Council v. Cisneros, 37 F.3d 442 (1994)
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Yesler Terrace Community Council v. Cisneros, 37 F.3d 442 (1994)
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1994-09-12

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We also find that the threat to plaintiffs' interests is sufficiently real; it is neither imaginary nor speculative. See Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991, 1000, 102 S.Ct. 2777, 2783, 73 L.Ed.2d 534 (1982). On March 27, 1992, the Seattle Housing Authority served Marla Davison with notice that she would be evicted and that she had no right to a grievance hearing. The Housing Authority voluntarily rescinded this notice only after Yesler and Davison brought this action. Then, on April 27, 1992, the Tacoma Housing Authority served Eric Bolden with notice that he was to be evicted and that he had no right to a grievance hearing. Only after Yesler amended its complaint, substituting Bolden as a named plaintiff, did the Authority voluntarily rescind that notice. The fact that Bolden and Davison were served with such notices establishes that there is an immediate threat to plaintiffs' concrete interests. See id. That the eviction notices served on Bolden and Davison were rescinded does not alter our conclusion. See United States v. W.T. Grant Co., 345 U.S. 629, 632, 73 S.Ct. 894, 897, 97 L.Ed. 1303 (1953) (voluntary cessation of a challenged activity is not ground for dismissing an action as moot). We conclude that Yesler has alleged an injury sufficient to confer standing.