The state Court of Appeals has overturned a King County-imposed death sentence for Maxine, a 7-year-old mixed-breed dog owned by software pioneer Peter Mansour.
After the German shepherd/Husky mix allegedly injured a neighbor's cat near Mansour's Kirkland home in May 2003, King County Animal Control ordered him to move the dog out of the county.
The injuries to the cat were so severe it had to be euthanized.
The King County Board of Appeals upheld the Animal Control order, and King County Superior Court affirmed the board's decision.
But the Court of Appeals found that Mansour's right to defend Maxine had been violated. The case was remanded to the Board of Appeals.
"Due process requires that he be able to subpoena witnesses and records," the court said in a unanimous ruling issued Monday. "Because the board refused to let him do so, he was prejudiced in his defense against the animal control order."
The dog haters have been fighting to deny dog owners the right of due process. I primarily fault the head of Seattle’s Animal Control. They are dog haters and power hungry, and if the voters knew how awful these folks were, they’d demand city officials drive them out of office. Many dogs have unjustly died by court or administrative order in that hell hole of a state.
After the German shepherd/Husky mix allegedly injured a neighbor's cat near Mansour's Kirkland home in May 2003, King County Animal Control ordered him to move the dog out of the county.
The injuries to the cat were so severe it had to be euthanized.
The King County Board of Appeals upheld the Animal Control order, and King County Superior Court affirmed the board's decision.
But the Court of Appeals found that Mansour's right to defend Maxine had been violated. The case was remanded to the Board of Appeals.
"Due process requires that he be able to subpoena witnesses and records," the court said in a unanimous ruling issued Monday. "Because the board refused to let him do so, he was prejudiced in his defense against the animal control order."
The dog haters have been fighting to deny dog owners the right of due process. I primarily fault the head of Seattle’s Animal Control. They are dog haters and power hungry, and if the voters knew how awful these folks were, they’d demand city officials drive them out of office. Many dogs have unjustly died by court or administrative order in that hell hole of a state.
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