CMDS Residential, LLC v. Mayor and City Council Of Baltimore

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND CMDS RESIDENTIAL, LLC, v. Civil Action No. CCB-21-1774 MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE. MEMORANDUM This suit centers on Baltimore City’s denial of CMDS Residential, LLC’s (“CMDS”) application for a use and occupancy permit to operate a residential substance-abuse treatment facility in the City.1 CMDS contends that its permit application was denied because the City capitulated to community opposition that focused on discriminatory beliefs about CMDS’s future patients. CMDS challenges the denial as violative of the Americans…