If you live in Prairie Pass and you've experienced billing problems, never been invited to a meeting, can't get answers about where your money goes, or have watched your property deteriorate under developer control — you're not alone. This page explains the different ways you can get involved, at whatever level you're comfortable with. Every option below is something a homeowner can do on their own. None of them require hiring a lawyer.
Minimal Effort
No Legal Risk
Medium Impact
Dig through your files. Pull up old emails from Selby-Webb, billing statements, screenshots from the HOA Facebook page, photos of drainage problems or non-fescue grass on your lot — anything that documents how Prairie Pass has been managed (or mismanaged). You don't have to do anything public with it. Just sharing it privately helps build the evidentiary record that this isn't one homeowner's problem — it's a community-wide pattern.
Minimal Effort
No Legal Risk
Supportive
A simple written statement — not sworn, not notarized — that says you support the effort and briefly describes your own experience. These can be shared on this website to show the court and the public that this litigation reflects real community concerns, not a personal grudge. Even a few sentences matter. "I've lived here four years and have never been notified of a single meeting." That's enough.
Minimal Effort
No Legal Risk
Medium Impact
You can file complaints with state agencies about what you've experienced — at no cost and with no litigation involvement. Options include the Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs (for deceptive business practices), the Tennessee Real Estate Commission (regarding Selby-Webb's licensing and conduct as a property manager), and the Tennessee Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division. Each complaint creates an official government record and may independently trigger a state investigation.
Some Effort
No Legal Risk
High Impact
This is a signed, notarized statement describing your own firsthand experience — billing errors, lack of meeting notices, inability to get records, drainage problems, grass type issues, or anything else. It gets filed as an exhibit in the federal case.
You don't become a party to the lawsuit. You don't go to court. You don't take on any legal obligation. But your sworn statement becomes part of the official record and carries real evidentiary weight. A stack of declarations from different homeowners all describing the same pattern of conduct is one of the most powerful things a court can see.
This is the single most impactful thing most homeowners can do. Ten declarations turn a dispute into a pattern. Twenty make it undeniable.
Some Effort
Your Statutory Right
High Impact
Under Tennessee law (T.C.A. § 48-66-102), every member of Prairie Pass HOA has an independent right to inspect the Association's corporate records — financial statements, meeting minutes, contracts, bank statements, all of it. The Association is required to make records available within five business days of a written demand. If they refuse or obstruct, each refusal is an independent violation that triggers mandatory attorney's fees under T.C.A. § 48-66-104. If multiple homeowners submit demands and get the same runaround, it corroborates the obstruction pattern alleged in the lawsuit — and creates compounding legal liability for the people running this HOA.
Significant Commitment
Maximum Impact
Under federal rules, additional homeowners can be added as named plaintiffs if their claims arise from the same facts — the same billing fraud, the same records obstruction, the same unauthorized fees, the same covenant violations. As a named plaintiff, you can pursue your own damages. This means you would be subject to the discovery process, may need to respond to legal filings, and are bound by the outcome. This is the right path for homeowners who have significant individual harm — someone who also got hit with bogus fees, or whose property has real drainage or construction damage.
Significant Commitment
Maximum Impact
Nothing prevents any homeowner from filing their own independent lawsuit — in Hamilton County Chancery Court, Circuit Court, or even federal court — asserting their own claims for consumer protection violations, fiduciary breach, or covenant enforcement. Multiple separate lawsuits against the same defendants on the same facts create enormous pressure. Federal cases can be consolidated or coordinated so they move together efficiently.
What About a Class Action?
The federal complaint already reserves the right to seek class certification. A class action would allow all similarly situated homeowners to be represented without each person individually joining the case. If certified, every Prairie Pass homeowner who experienced the same billing practices, governance failures, and records obstruction could be included automatically. Class certification is the highest-impact option — and if the case reaches that stage, you'll hear about it here first.
Ready to Do Something?
Whether you want to share a document, sign a declaration, or just ask a question — reach out. Every homeowner who steps forward makes this community stronger.
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Disclaimer: This page is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Shawn Lewis is not an attorney and is not providing legal representation to anyone. Each homeowner's situation is different. If you are considering filing your own legal action or joining an existing one, you should consult with a licensed attorney. The information here reflects one homeowner's understanding of the options available under Tennessee and federal law.