Judge Monique McKee signed one on July 8, permitting officers to 'utilize breaching equipment to force open doorway(s), entry doors, exit doors, and locked containers in pursuit of their target.'
Cops then raided Bleating Hearts Farm and Sanctuary in Napa - but the goat was not being hidden there.
Instead, Cedar was being kept at an unnamed Sonoma County farm that Long had emailed in a desperate bid to save the animal from slaughter.
Vanessa Shakib, Jessica Long's lawyer
Two officers then rushed to the other farm, despite having no search warrant for that location, nor a warrant to seize Cedar from there, according to the lawsuit.
They took the goat - and drove more than 200 miles back before delivering it to an unnamed individual at the fair 'for slaughter/destruction' - despite the fact that the warrant required them to hold the goat for a court hearing to determine its lawful owner, the lawsuit alleged
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