On Tuesday afternoon an exasperated federal judge who said she considered sanctioning the plaintiffs for filing a frivolous lawsuit denied a request by Tomales Bay Oyster Company and a suite of West Marin restaurants for a preliminary injunction against the closure of Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
If the plaintiffs don’t appeal, the 80-year-old oyster farm can now only wait for the federal government to send a 30-day notice that it must stop harvesting—the only part…