Kirk v. Hilltop Apartments, LP

LaShaun Kirk, appellant, has leased, for a number of years, a unit in a federally subsidized housing complex owned by appellee, Hilltop Apartments, LP. In March 2013, Hilltop notified Kirk that, because of numerous leasehold violations, it was terminating her lease effective April 12, 2013, and directed her to vacate the apartment by that date. When she did not do so, Hilltop filed a breach-of-lease action in the District Court of Maryland for Prince George’s County seeking repossession of the property. Kirk, in turn, demanded a jury trial, claiming that the amount in controversy exceeded…