Vannucci

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HOMELESS ACTION!, et al., Case No. 18-cv-01955-VC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING THE

v. DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR

SUMMARY JUDGMENT ON

COUNTY OF SONOMA, et al., STANDING Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 256

The defendants’ motion for summary judgment is denied. Juanita Butterfly and Homeless Action! have established standing at the summary judgment stage. This order assumes the reader’s familiarity with the facts, relevant legal standards, and arguments made by the parties. Butterfly has standing to seek injunctive relief. She presents evidence that she is homeless, has had her belongings taken by the defendants during sweeps, and has sought and been denied disability accommodations (such as non-congregate shelter). See Butterfly Decl., Dkt. No. 260; see also Butterfly ROG Responses at 10–11, Dkt. No. 261-1. The defendants respond that over the past several years, Butterfly’s belongings have at times been stored instead of thrown away and that she has been offered non-congregate shelter but had to leave those shelters because of rule violations. Even though her belongings…