8 Min Read (Reuters) - As freezing temperatures settled over Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 28, Judge Jack Grate opened his online courtroom. The first of 100 cases on his docket was that of Tonya Raynor, a 64-year-old who owed $2,790 in back rent and fees on an apartment on the city’s east side, a swath of vacant storefronts and boarded-up properties. Members of KC Tenants, an anti-eviction group, maintain a blockade at the Eastern Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, Missouri, U.S. January 5, 2021. Carly Rosin/Handout via REUTERS “Miss Raynor, are you there?” asked Grate, a burly 71-year-old sporting a beard, a buzz cut and a rumpled, orange short-sleeve shirt.