Mayor's Office

Administrative Hearings Bureau

The Administrative Hearings Bureau was established by the City of Flint in 2017 to help define, prevent, reduce, and eliminate blight. The Administrative Hearings Bureau, often called the city’s “Blight Court,” enforces the City of Flint’s existing blight ordinances.

About the Administrative Hearings Bureau

The Administrative Hearings Bureau (Blight Court) works in conjunction with Neighborhood Safety Officers who issue tickets on behalf of the City of Flint for blight violations. The Blight Court has the ability to quickly and efficiently handle blight cases. The court has the ability to levy fines and fees on those who violate the city’s blight ordinances. It also has the authority to work with property owners to reduce fines for those who cooperate and are not repeat offenders.

The Administrative Hearings Bureau has authority under Michigan Compiled Laws 117.4q to settle blight violations and impose sanctions through hearings at a blight court.

Administrative Hearings Bureau fillable forms

Form Name File Type Description Actions
Motion for Adjournment (fillable form) AHB011 PDF View | Download
Motion for Subpoena (fillable form) AHB012 PDF View | Download
Motion to Set Aside Default (fillable form) AHB014 PDF View | Download
Motion for Rehearing (fillable form) AHB015 PDF View | Download
Motion to Appear Remotely (fillable form) AHB016 PDF View | Download
Admit, Explanation, or Denial (fillable form) AHB017 PDF Admit responsibility or deny and request a hearing. View | Download
Administrative Hearings Bureau
Blight Court
Office Phone
(810) 410-1205
Administrative Hearings Officer
I’Lanta Robbins
Office Phone
810-237-2090
Administrative Hearings Officer
Vinson Carter
Office Phone
810-237-2090

I’Lanta Robbins, Administrative Hearings Officer

Attorney I’Lanta Robbins is a life-long resident of Genesee County and graduated from Hamady High School. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy at Michigan State University-James Madison College honor college in 1999. She obtained her law degree from Michigan State University College of Law in 2002. After receiving her law degree, Attorney Robbins became the first Legal Advisory Assistant for Genesee County 7th Circuit Court Family Law Judge John A. Gadola.

Attorney Robbins served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Flint from 2004 to 2012. She practiced civil defense litigation and served as general counsel and legal advisor to the Flint Retirement System Board of Trustees. In 2012, Attorney Robbins began a solo practice specializing in family and probate law. Attorney Robbins is also the managing partner of Attorneys for Indigent Defense, PPLC, a law firm that provides defense for indigent mothers in child neglect and abuse proceedings.

She is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She is also member of the Genesee County Bar Association and the Mallory, Scott, VanDyne Bar Association.

Vinson Carter, Administrative Hearings Officer

Attorney Vinson Carter is a life-long resident of Genesee County, graduating from Luke M. Powers High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics in May 2003 from Albion College. He minored in East Asian Studies and Anthropology/Sociology, and studied at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China in the summer of 2002. Vinson obtained his Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in 2008.

In the Fall of 2007 he was a legal intern with Christenson & Fiederlein, P.C., followed with an internship with Sixty Plus, Inc., Elderlaw Clinic. In 2009, he worked as a private practitioner until the firm of Robinson, Carter and Crawford was formed. He continues with that firm, specializing in criminal defense. In addition, Attorney Carter currently serves as a Public Defender for the County of Genesee in both 67th District Court and Circuit Court.

He is admitted to the State Bar of Michigan and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, and is also a member of the Genesee County Bar Association and the Mallory, Scott, VanDyne Bar Association.