Larry Clark, Sr. v. LC Halsten LLC

── Larry Clark, Sr. v. LC Halsten LLC ── Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Date: April 14, 2026 Category: NEW USCA11 Case: 23-12499 Document: 95-1 Date Filed: 04/14/2026 Page: 1 of 16 NOT FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-12499 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ LARRY CLARK, SR., Plaintiff-Appellant, versus LC HALSTEN LLC, d.b.a. The Halsten At Vinings Mountain, BH MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC, CASTLEGATE PROPERTY GROUP, 3000 CUMBERLAND CLUB DRIVE LP, d.b.a. The Halsten At Vinings Mountains, DAVID R. PASSINO, Individual and Personal Capacity, JUDGE MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN, Cobb County Magistrate Judge, in his Official Capacity, JUDGE DAVID P. DARDEN, Cobb County State Court Judge, in his Official Capacity, JUDGE ERIC R. BREWTON, Cobb County State Court Judge, USCA11 Case: 23-12499 Document: 95-1 Date Filed: 04/14/2026 Page: 2 of 16 2 Opinion of the Court 23-12499 99 OTHER UNKNOWN PRIVATE DEFENDANTS AND THEIR INSURERS, THE UNKNOWN SUCCESSOR JUDGES TO COBB COUNTY MAGISTRATE JUDGE MICHAEL MCLAUGHLIN, Defendants-Appellees. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia D.C. Docket No. 1:22-cv-03620-TCB ____________________ Before ABUDU, ANDERSON, ED CARNES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: This lawsuit arose from a long-running rent dispute be- tween the multiple owners of an apartment complex and longtime tenant Larry Clark, Sr. Over the years, the apartment complex un- derwent several changes in ownership. Unsurprisingly, changes in ownership brought changes in rent and water rates. When Clark failed to pay the new rent amount or water bill in full, the apart- ment owners brought eviction proceedings against him in state court. More than one of those eviction proceedings resulted in the state court judge issuing an order that required Clark to pay past due rent into the Registry of the Court. When Clark’s efforts to seek relief in state court from those orders failed, he filed a com- plaint in state court, bringing claims of race discrimination, alleg- USCA11 Case: 23-12499 Document: 95-1 Date Filed: 04/14/2026 Page: 3 of 16 23-12499 Opinion of the Court 3 ing other various constitutional and state law violations, and seek- ing injunctive relief to bar the enforcement of the state court or- ders. He named as defendants: the judges who had issued orders for him to pay rent or refused to grant relief from those orders; an apartment owner’s attorney; the former apartment owners; and the current owner. The defendants removed the case to federal dis- trict court. And the court granted judgment on the pleadings in favor of the former apartment owner defendants and dismissed the remaining claims against all other defendants on various grounds.1 Clark, who continues to proceed pro se as he did in the dis- trict court, appeals those judgments along with the denial of his motion for leave to amend his complaint and motion for prelimi- nary injunction. He does not prevail.