Doescher

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Amy Doescher, et al., No. 2:23-cv-02995-KJM-JDP Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Tomas Aragon, 1S Defendant. 16 In this action, the parents of several school-aged children allege California’s tmmunization laws deprive them of their rights under the First Amendment because they cannot 19 vaccinate their children without violating their religious convictions. See generally Second Am. Compl., ECF No. 35. Defendant moves to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim, under Rules 12(b)(1) and 12(b)(6), respectively. See generally Mot., ECF No. 38. In a different action currently pending in the United States District Court for the Southern 24 District of California, the plaintiffs advance very similar claims based on similar allegations, they 25 challenge the same state law, and they are proceeding against the same defendant. See generally Am. Compl.,…