Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 4, 2025
Rancher claims years of retaliatory raids by Humboldt County officials
A Humboldt County rancher filed a federal civil rights suit claiming deputies and prosecutors targeted him with baseless raids and animal abuse charges out of personal animus after a prior failed cockfighting case.
A Humboldt County rancher has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging sheriff's deputies and prosecutors pursued years of baseless raids, seizures and felony animal abuse charges against him out of personal animus, targeting his livestock rehabilitation business after a failed attempt to prosecute him for cockfighting a decade earlier.
"Ray was unlawfully investigated and unlawfully arrested. Ray and his ranch properties were unreasonably searched. Ray's propert...
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