Carne

I. Introduction

19 Plaintiff Bobbie Carne was a former volunteer or visitor at the Stanislaus County animal 20 shelter (“Stanislaus Shelter”). Defendant Annette Patton is the Director and Defendant Connie 21 Hooker is the Animal Control Supervisor of the Stanislaus Shelter. 22 The Hayden Act is a California law passed in 1998 that regulated the treatment of animals 23 in state run animal shelters, generally required the release of the animals to rescue organizations, 24 and limited the ability of shelters to euthanize animals. Plaintiff believes that Defendants have 25 violated the Hayden Act in the operation of the Stanislaus Shelter by failing to provide appropriate 26 veterinary care, failing to cooperate with animal rescue organizations, and improperly euthanizing 27 animals. Plaintiff alleges that after she began publicly criticizing the Stanislaus Shelter on social 28 media platforms, Defendants retaliated against her by disallowing her from videotaping the operations of the Stanislaus Shelter inside the facility. Defendants have filed a motion for summary judgment. Doc. 45. Plaintiff has not filed a brief in opposition. 5 II.…