[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR103.500]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 103_FAIR HOUSING_COMPLAINT PROCESSING--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart G_Prompt Judicial Action

 

Sec.  103.500  Prompt judicial action.





    (a) If at any time following the filing of a complaint, the General 

Counsel concludes that prompt judicial action is necessary to carry out 

the purposes of this part or 24 CFR part 180, the General Counsel may 

authorize the Attorney General to commence a civil action for 

appropriate temporary or preliminary relief pending final disposition of 

the complaint. To ensure the prompt initiation of the civil action, the 

General Counsel will consult with the Assistant Attorney General for the 

Civil Rights Division before making the determination that prompt 

judicial action is necessary. The commencement of a civil action by the 

Attorney General under this section will not affect the initiation or 

continuation of proceedings under this part or administrative 

proceedings under part 180.

    (b) If the General Counsel has reason to believe that a basis exists 

for the commencement of proceedings against the respondent under section 

814(a) of the Fair Housing Act (Pattern or Practice Cases), proceedings 

under section 814(c) of the Fair Housing Act (Enforcement of Subpoenas), 

or proceedings by any governmental licensing or supervisory authorities, 

the General Counsel shall transmit the information upon which that 

belief is based to the Attorney General and to other appropriate 

authorities.



[54 FR 3292, Jan. 23, 1989, as amended at 61 FR 52218, Oct. 4, 1996]