'The CDC as far as I know has no control over Georgia courts': Judges continue evictions despite moratorium

Katie Duren and her family attempted to claim protections under the CDC eviction ban in Carroll County court. The judge told them he does not honor the federal order.

Stephannie Stokes / WABE

An order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is supposed to protect most tenants from eviction. The public health agency argues that forcing tenants from their homes could make the virus outbreak even worse.

But as President Joe Biden extends the eviction ban until the end of March, WABE has found a couple of Georgia judges are refusing to acknowledge the federal order in court. That’s left some tenants in those counties with no option but to move.

The experience in eviction court changed Katie Duren’s view of Carroll County.