Diamond Sands Apartments, LLC v. Clark County Nevada

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DIAMOND SANDS No. 25-2884

APARTMENTS, LLC,

D.C. No. 2:25-cv-00137- Plaintiff - Appellant,

ART-NJK

v.

OPINION

CLARK COUNTY NEVADA,

Defendant - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Anne R. Traum, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 21, 2025 San Jose, California

Filed January 16, 2026

Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Karen E. Schreier, District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Schreier

 The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation. 2 DIAMOND SANDS APARTMENTS, LLC V. CLARK COUNTY NEVADA

SUMMARY**

Preliminary Injunction / Excessive Fines Clause

The panel affirmed the district court’s denial of plaintiff Diamond Sands Apartments, LLC’s motion for a preliminary injunction in Diamond Sands’ suit alleging that a Clark County, Nevada ordinance prohibiting unlicensed short-term property rentals runs afoul of the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause. Diamond Sands, the owner and operator of a…