Bacerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 STEPHEN RALPH RICHARDSON, No. 1:19-cv-01366-LJO-EPG 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS v. 14 (Doc. No. 21) XAVIER BACERRA [SIC], et al.,

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INTRODUCTION On September 30, 2019, Plaintiff Stephen Ralph Richardson, who was at the time proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights complaint asserting three claims, all concerning an adverse licensure decision against him from the California Physician Assistant Board (PAB) and procedural steps taken subsequent to that decision. (Doc. No. 1.) Plaintiff, still proceeding pro se, filed a first amended complaint (FAC) on November 4, 2019. (Doc. No. 14.) The FAC’s first claim, arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleged that the PAB’s licensure decision violated plaintiff’s Fourteenth Amendment right to procedural due process. (Id. at 4.) The FAC next appeared to allege that Title 16 of the California…