King County Takes Miska the Tabby Cat to Federal Court March 16, 2021 King County files Notice of Removal in Federal Court, which Danieli’s Attorneys Claim is Premature and Frivolous. TACOMA, WASHINGTON On Friday, March 5th, 2021, the King County Defendants filed a Notice of Removal to the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington. With this one filing, King County has essentially made a federal case of the lawsuit involving Miska, the brown tabby cat from Bellevue. King County’s Notice of Removal comes while a number of motions were...
Danieli asks Court to Add Civil Rights Violations February 9, 2021 Based on information uncovered in litigation, Plaintiff is now seeking approval of the Court to add claims to her original complaint that King County Animal Control’s targeting of her and her brown tabby cat, Miska, were a violation of her Civil Rights. TACOMA, WASHINGTON Based on information uncovered over the last several months of litigation, Anna Danieli, the owner of a brown tabby cat from Bellevue, is requesting that the Court allow her to amend her complaint to include claims...
City of Bellevue Updates Law in Response to Judge’s Order December 10, 2020 In response to the court’s order in Danieli v. King County, the City of Bellevue updates and corrects the Bellevue City Code. BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON Following the entry of the Court’s Order on November 13, 2020, deeming the City of Bellevue’s City Code invalid, the City of Bellevue has taken action to update its laws. On December 7, 2020, the Bellevue City Council passed Ordinance No. 6546, which updated Bellevue’s City Code sections 8.04.180, 08.04.340(6)(a) and 8.04.350, effectively fixing the problems in...
Court Enters Order Against Government Defendants November 16, 2020 Court Rules Bellevue City Code Invalid. King County Hearing Examiner enjoined from hearing any further Animal Control Cases until City of Bellevue updates Bellevue City Code. TACOMA, WASHINGTON Attorneys for Miska, the brown tabby cat from Bellevue, and her owner, Anna Danieli, were in court again on Friday, November 13th, 2020, for entry of an Order on Danieli’s earlier success in court on October 23rd, 2020, where Judge Bryan Chushcoff ruled in favor of Danieli’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment...
Big Win in Court Case for Miska the Tabby Cat October 26, 2020 Judge finds City of Bellevue had failed to properly update the Bellevue City Code in 2016. TACOMA, WASHINGTON Miska and her owner, Anna Danieli, had a very good day in Court last Friday (October 23rd, 2021). With local news media present in the courtroom, Danieli’s lawyers successfully argued their motion to Judge Bryan Chushcoff, that the City of Bellevue had failed to properly update the Bellevue City Code in 2016, and as a result, a significant section of the Code that...