Association Des Eleveurs v. Rob Bonta

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ASSOCIATION DES ÉLEVEURS DE Nos. 20-55882 CANARDS ET D’OIES DU QUÉBEC, a 20-55944 Canadian nonprofit corporation; HVFG, LLC, a New York limited D.C. No. liability company; SEAN CHANEY, an 2:12-cv-05735- individual, SVW-RZ Plaintiffs-Appellees/ Cross-Appellants,

OPINION

v.

ROB BONTA, * in his official capacity as Attorney General of California, Defendant-Appellant/ Cross-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 18, 2021 Pasadena, California

Filed May 6, 2022

* Rob Bonta has been substituted for his predecessor, Xavier Becerra, as California Attorney General under Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2). ASS’N DES ÉLEVEURS DE CANARDS V. BONTA

Before: Andrew J. Kleinfeld, Ryan D. Nelson, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge R. Nelson; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge VanDyke

SUMMARY **

Civil Rights

The panel affirmed the district…