Defended County of Tehama in an Equal Protection Civil Rights Case

Obtained summary judgment on behalf of the County of Tehama in an equal protection civil rights case brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The plaintiff moved from Alaska to Tehama County to cultivate marijuana on a large scale. After a neighbor complained to Code Enforcement about plaintiff building large, unpermitted greenhouses to grow marijuana, Code Enforcement issued a number of code violations to the plaintiff in connection with his planned marijuana grow. Plaintiff sued the County of Tehama and the individual Code Enforcement officers in federal court on the grounds that the County treated him differently than other marijuana growers in the County. The court held that there was no evidence of differential treatment and dismissed Plaintiff’s lawsuit.