Haji Azam v. City of Columbia Heights

For approximately six months, Defendant-Appellee City of Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the City), directed its police officers to investigate and strictly sanction Plaintiff-Appellant Haji Azam, the owner and landlord of several historically unmanageable rental properties, for violating the City’s municipal code. These enforcement efforts included entering Azam’s rental buildings, without consent or a warrant, to look for municipal-code violations and citing Azam for all violations discovered. Based in part on these violations, the City revoked the rental licenses authorizing Azam to rent…