![Bankrupt Detroit can’t produce death certificates due to lack of paper](https://www.theblaze.com/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWJsYXplLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxMy8wNy81YTRjMTZiYS02ZmI2LTQ4ODEtYmJjNC00ZGY4ZTA3NzQ0ZTUtYmlnLmpwZyIsImV4cGlyZXNfYXQiOjE3ODQwNjE4MTh9.0Binb3eqzLXhzMCEW_gku1RE4lFFxuW3Vb05DGy8_k0/image.jpg?width=980&quality=85)
FILE - In a Dec. 12, 2008 file photo, a pedestrian walks by graffiti in downtown Detroit. On Thursday, July 18, 2013 Detroit became the largest city in U.S. history to file for bankruptcy when State-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr asked a federal judge for municipal bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, FILE)