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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND : GLENMONT HILL ASSOCIATES : v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND et al. : Civil Action No. DKC 2003-1037 : :

MEMORANDUM OPINION Presently pending and ready for resolution in this declaratory judgment action is Defendants' motion to dismiss, or in the

alternative, for summary judgment.1 The parties have fully briefed the issues raised by that motion and no hearing is deemed

necessary.

Local Rule 105.6.

Based upon those issues, but for

slightly different reasons that follow, the court declines to issue a declaratory judgment and Plaintiff's complaint will be dismissed. I. Background Plaintiff is a residential apartment complex located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Two separate complaints, out of which this case

arises, have been filed with the Montgomery County Office of Human Rights ("OHR") against Plaintiff for alleged violations of

Montgomery County's Fair Housing Law ("County Fair Housing Law"). The County Fair Housing Law prohibits certain discriminatory

Plaintiff's motion for leave to file Amended Complaint (paper no. 15) is unopposed and will be granted. Plaintiff's motions to file a surreply and supplemental surreply (paper nos. 12 and 14) will also be granted, inasmuch as Defendants raised new arguments in their reply.

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housing practices, including refusing to rent or lease to someone on the basis of the person's source of income. County Code, Chpt. 27, Art. I,

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