I saw the lawsuit filed by Legal Impact for Chickens on September 30 against Alexandre Family Farm LLC. Besides being extremely busy, I didn't rush to post on it for various reasons. I don't allow anyone to use me. I develop my own leads. I do my due diligence. And, credibility matters to me. I have covered Humboldt Superior Court for 10 years. People and lawyers trust my reporting because I have earned it. I can smell an agenda miles away and this chicken lawsuit reeks worse than cow dung.
Who will prevail in this lawsuit or what the final outcome will be remains to be seen. I don't have a a cow in this fight. What I do know is that I have zero interest in covering a lawsuit that smacks of personal agendas, drama in the local farming and ranching industry and what should be obvious to anyone with a brain which is that the Alexandres are the only one being singled out and targeted. Is every other rancher or farmer in Humboldt and Del Norte counties perfect and never had any alleged issues or complaints?
This is a statement I got from a spokesperson for Alexandre Family Farms. "Our mission is to farm in harmony with nature, honoring the Earth and all the animals under our stewardship. We are recognized by Certified Humane for meeting precise, objective standards for how we care for our animals. We will not comment on pending litigation."
The joke that passes as other local media in this County did not even cover Ray Christie's plea deal. I did. But the same other local media had no issue to plaster the same photo of Ray Christie and his property all over. I checked on Ray Christie's property in 2023 and got updated photos.
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2023/12/no-jury-trial-for-ray-christie-no-jail.html?m=1
I looked at the court documents, saw the local firm Janssen Malloy listed. I guess Janssen Malloy smelled money and jumped on this lawsuit either unaware of some facts or didn't care. Times Standard did not bother to do basic diligence.
I saw the case Manni v Alexandre, a lawsuit mentioned in the chicken non profit lawsuit recently filed against the Alexandre Family Farm.
The Manni v Alexandre case was referenced in previous coverage on my blog years ago.
Before the article in the Atlantic came out, I wrote about it and it was Ray Christie who told me about the article. I covered a lawsuit in 2022 which involved Joe Manni and the Alexandre family farm. That lawsuit CV2001227 has a dismissal hearing on 3/3/25 and the case settled.
I do not know what the terms of the settlement in CV2001227 are and if there is any confidentiality clause. I guess we may find out through this chicken non profit lawsuit where Manni and that case are mentioned if Manni violated any terms of that agreement.
There are too many posts I have done on Joe Manni, Ray Christie and their history with the Alexandres and Alexandre Family Farm. Regular readers remember them. Many in the community have their own experiences with these three individuals and their opinion with what they think of these three individuals and their credibility, including me.