OPINION: Summary eviction proceedings must end

These processes are not only unfair, they are structurally racist.

“Known by many names across the country – summary proceedings, special proceedings, unlawful detainer proceedings –  all states have enacted these exceptions for evictions to normal civil process. Summary proceedings disadvantage tenants because, compared to other civil matters, they have accelerated timelines, they limit permissible defenses, they limit adjournments, and they have fewer procedural protections such as discovery and motion practice than ordinary civil litigation. Their origin story tells it all.”

https://www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2022/12/opinion-summary-eviction-proceedings-must-end/381340/