Corrine Thomas v. County of Humboldt

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-15847

CORRINE MORGAN THOMAS;

DOUG THOMAS; BLU GRAHAM;

D.C. No. 1:22-cv-

RHONDA OLSON; CYRO GLAD,

05725-RMI Plaintiffs-Appellants,

OPINION

v.

COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT,

California; HUMBOLDT COUNTY

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS;

HUMBOLDT COUNTY PLANNING

& BUILDING DEPARTMENT; MIKE WILSON, Vice Chair, Board of Supervisors; REX BOHN, member, Board of Supervisors; MICHELLE BUSHNELL, member, Board of Supervisors; STEVE MADRONE, member, Board of Supervisors; JOHN

H. FORD, Director, Humboldt County

Planning and Building Department; NATALIE ARROYO, in her official capacity as Supervisor of Humboldt County,

Defendants-Appellees,

and VIRGINA BASS, Chair, Board of Supervisors,

Defendant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Robert M. Illman, Magistrate Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted April 9, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed December 30, 2024

Before: Richard A. Paez and Jennifer Sung, Circuit Judges, and Sidney A. Fitzwater, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Paez

SUMMARY **

Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause

The panel affirmed in part and…