{"id":185,"date":"2020-11-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miskathecat.com\/?p=185"},"modified":"2022-04-25T16:32:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T20:32:52","slug":"order-entered-against-government-defendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.possingerlaw.com\/miska\/order-entered-against-government-defendants\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Enters Order Against Government Defendants"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_23e6e1-18, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_23e6e1-18[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_23e6e1-18\"]{font-size:24px;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_23e6e1-18 mark, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading_23e6e1-18[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_23e6e1-18\"] mark{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading_23e6e1-18 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading_23e6e1-18\"><strong>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.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>TACOMA, WASHINGTON<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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\u2019s earlier success in court on October 23rd, 2020, where Judge Bryan Chushcoff ruled in favor of Danieli\u2019s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment seeking Declaratory Relief and Injunctive Relief against the various Government Defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Danieli and the Government Defendants disagreed on the the final order that the Court should enter. Argument around this final written order concerned itself with a number of issues, a critical one relating to the scope and effect of the court\u2019s earlier ruling on the legal authority of the King County Hearing Examiner to hear animal control cases arising out of the City of Bellevue. After legal counsel for Danieli and the various Government Defendants concluded their legal arguments, the court determined to take the issues presented under advisement. Judge Chushcoff entered his final order later the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The order entered by the court is significant. In addition to directly affecting Anna Danieli\u2019s case (in which matters are expected to be dismissed by the King County Hearing Examiner shortly as a result) there may be a broader impact on other cases that have been before the King County Hearing Examiner since 2016.&nbsp; The court\u2019s order indicates that the City of Bellevue\u2019s law never properly gave legal authority to the King County Hearing Examiner to hear cases coming from the City of Bellevue. &nbsp;\u201cThe Court\u2019s order that was entered today clearly calls into question the validity of any other similar decisions made by the King County Hearing Examiner since 2016 [on cases from Bellevue]\u201d, stated attorney Jeffrey Possinger commenting on the Court\u2019s final decision. \u201cThe same legal issues would exist for any decisions that were made [by the King County Hearing Examiner] from cities that failed to update their municipal codes after King County made its shift from the Board of Appeals to the [King County] Hearing Examiner to hear animal control cases. Legally speaking, this is a ticking time bomb for a number of jurisdictions\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defendants have 30 days to appeal the Court\u2019s Order.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_4643f8-56 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-_4643f8-56 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-_4643f8-56\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.possingerlaw.com\/miska\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ORDER-GRANTING-INJUNCTIVE-RELIEF-55226736.pdf\">Order Granting Injunctive and Declaratory Relief (11-13-2020<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We invite you to stay up-to-date with future case developments by following our firm&#8217;s related social media channels (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/possinger_law_group\/\">@possinger_law_group on Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/possingerlaw.com\">possingerlaw.com<\/a>).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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