Huemer

I. BACKGROUND

1 Plaintiff Ariana Huemer (“Huemer”) founded Plaintiff Eeyore’s Hen Harbor (“Hen 2 Harbor”) in 2012, and she is the president, director, and principal employee of the organization. 3 Dkt. 58 (Third Amended Complaint) ¶¶ 4, 5, 17. Hen Harbor, a nonprofit corporation located in 4 Felton, California, rescues, rehabilitates, and provides long-term housing for abused and neglected 5 chickens, other birds, and occasionally other animals. Id. ¶¶ 5, 17. 6 Defendant Santa Cruz Animal Shelter (the “Agency”) is an agency of the County of Santa 7 Cruz. Id. ¶ 6. Defendant Melanie Sobel (“Sobel”) is the General Manager of the Agency. Id. ¶ 7. 8 Sobel is the direct supervisor of Defendant Todd Stosuy (“Stosuy”), who is Field Service Manager 9 of the Agency. Id. ¶¶ 7-8. Defendant Carlos Montes (“Montes”) works for the Agency as Animal 10 Control Officer II. Id. ¶ 9. Sobel, Stosuy, and Montes are referred to as the “Individual 11 Defendants.” Three other Defendants named in the Third Amended Complaint—Dana Gleason 12 DVM, Hillary Stern DVM, and Anne Terry DVM—have been dismissed. Id. ¶¶ 10-12; Dkt. 88, 13 116. 14 According to Plaintiffs, since at least 2011, Huemer has…