Tranchita v. Callahan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION TOMI TRANCHITA, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 20 C 5956 v. ) ) Judge Sara L. Ellis COLLEEN CALLAHAN, JOHN FISHER, ) and JOSHUA MOOI, ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER Plaintiff Tomi Tranchita was raising four coyotes at her home in Tinley Park, Illinois, when, on April 24, 2019, agents from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (“IDNR”) seized her coyotes. She had held fur-bearing mammal breeder permits (“Breeder Permit”) in the past but did not hold one at the time of the seizure, and according to the IDNR, she…