On May 18, 53-year-old Carl Kachel stepped into line for a routine blood sugar check in the Cleveland County Detention Center. They turned out to be his last steps.

Jailed on a 16-year-old Jackson County warrant with a $1,000 bond, Kachel’s end came after a string of evictions that also began in 2009. The last one on record was filed on Dec. 2, 2020, by Brigid Kennedy, one of thousands she filed in central Oklahoma that year.

Kennedy’s filing forced Kachel and his wife, Kimberly, out of their Moore apartment for owing more than $4,000 in back rent. Kennedy, an attorney who specializes in landlord-tenant actions, filed a Forcible Entry and Detainer — an eviction — a few weeks before Christmas. By Jan. 15, the locks were changed; Kachel and his wife were out.

Four years later, with th

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