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Paniagua Dimas, after the fight, Rivas said both families were evicted and they had

to move out in three days. By Rivas’s recollection, Paniagua Dimas did not have a

lease at her apartment; Rivas claims the landlord wanted her to trespass Paniagua

Dimas for assault. According to the sisters, the landlord did not want to evict them

but said she could not do anything to help because it was Rivas’s decision. They

were afraid of Rivas, so they left, “following Officer [Rivas]’s orders.” Id. at 770.

Paniagua stayed with family, but, at times, she and her son had to sleep in her

car; she could not find another apartment until 2017. Paniagua Dimas had nowhere

to go. For a month, she stayed in a hotel, though the children had to sleep on the

floor or separate and stay with other family. Paniagua Dimas was pregnant at the

time, and the stress of housing instability made her pregnancy difficult. And with

the expense of the hotel, she struggled to afford school supplies for her children.

Paniagua Dimas later moved in with family, where she and her children had to share

a single room; she could not find another rental she could afford until 2018. Neither

family has been able to get back into low-income housing.

3. Expert Reports

The State also offered expert reports regarding police policies and housing

discrimination. The respondents have not offered any counter expert opinions.

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State v. City of Sunnyside et al.
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Chet Epperson is a police practice and policy expert. Epperson noted that the

City operated the CFRHP without any official policy for nine years before it adopted

a written policy in 2019, in response to the attorney general’s office’s concerns.