CITIZENS FOR FREE SPEECH, LLC v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA

Nos. 18-16805 19-15231.

953 F.3d 655 (2020)

CITIZENS FOR FREE SPEECH, LLC; Michael Shaw, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF ALAMEDA; East County Board of Zoning Adjustments; Frank J. Imhoff; Scott Beyer; Matthew Ford, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Gilmore (argued), Robison Sharp Sullivan & Brust, Reno, Nevada, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Matthew D. Zinn (argued), Winter King , and Aaron M. Stanton , Shute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP, San Francisco, California, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: Richard A. Paez and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and Lynn S. Adelman, District Judge.


OPINION

Citizens for Free Speech, LLC ("Citizens") and Michael Shaw appeal orders from the district court (1) dismissing their 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against Alameda County, its zoning board, and various local officials (collectively, "the County") based on the abstention doctrine introduced in Younger...

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