Schmid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FREAR STEPHEN SCHMID, et al., Case No. 19-cv-00883-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE SUMMARY JUDGMENT

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 27 COUNTY OF SONOMA, Defendant.

12 Plaintiffs Frear Stephen Schmid and Astrid Schmid own 61 acres of land in the County of Sonoma (Sonoma), and got into a dispute with Sonoma officials about permits and inspections for work on their barn. They applied for a permit exemption under the Sonoma County Building Code for agricultural structures. Sonoma denied an exemption, and a permit appeals board upheld the denial. The Schmids allege that the denial was “unconstitutional” and contrary to law, Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 24, and sued Sonoma under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Section 1983) and California state law. At an early case management conference, the parties agreed to stay the case pending a settlement conference before a magistrate judge. Dkt. No. 18. The case did not settle at the conference, Dkt. No. 23, and for clarity’s sake, the stay is deemed lifted. Sonoma then filed a …