Donald Welch v. Edmund Brown, Jr.

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DONALD WELCH; ANTHONY DUK; No. 15-16598

AARON BITZER,

Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 2:12-cv-02484- v. WBS-KJN

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., Governor of the State of California, in his ORDER AND official capacity; DENISE BROWN, AMENDED Case Manager, Director of OPINION Consumer Affairs, in her official capacity; HARRY DOUGLAS; JULIA

JOHNSON; SARITA KOHLI; RENEE

LONNER; KAREN PINES; CHRISTINA

WONG, in their official capacities as members of the California Board of Behavioral Sciences; SHARON

LEVINE; MICHAEL BISHOP;

REGINALD LOW; DENISE PINES;

SILVIA DIEGO; DEV GNANADEV;

JANET SALOMONSON; GERRIE

SCHIPSKE; DAVID SERRANO SEWELL;

BARBARA YAROSLAVSKY; ANNA M.

CABALLERO; CHRISTINE

WIETLISBACH; PATRICIA LOCK-

DAWSON; SAMARA ASHLEY, in their official capacities as members of The Medical Board of California, Defendants-Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California William B. Shubb, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 22, 2016 San Francisco, California

Filed August 23,…