A rescue group in Ohio is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a mother who claims the nonprofit gave away her microchipped cat to another family.

Gabrielle Ciofani filed the civil suit against the Euclid Beach Cat Project after learning her cat, O’Ryan, had been adopted out following his disappearance in March, as reported by Cleveland 19 News .

According to Ciofani, the situation unfolded in July when she received a phone call regarding her missing pet. The caller told her that O’Ryan had been located, given medical treatment and placed with a new home after an initial scan failed to reveal a microchip.

Ciofani recalled being told: “‘We found your cat, and we didn’t detect a microchip in him initially. We took him in. We gave him medical care.…