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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FULL CIRCLE OF LIVING AND No. 2:20-CV-01306 KJM KJN

DYING; BONNIE “AKHILA” MURPHY;

DONNA PEIZER; PAMELA YAZELL;

KAY HOGAN; JANAIA DONALDSON;

and ROBIN MALLGREN, ORDER Plaintiff, v. GINA SANCHEZ, in her official capacity as Bureau Chief of the Cemetery and Funeral Bureau; KIMBERLY KIRCHMEYER, in her official capacity as Director of the Department of Consumer Affairs; and LOURDES CASTRO RAMIREZ in her official capacity as Secretary of the Business, Consumer, and Housing Agency, Defendants. 22 Plaintiffs include “end-of-life doulas” and volunteers affiliated with Full Circle of Living and Dying, a non-profit organization. For convenience, the court refers to all plaintiffs collectively as Full Circle. Full Circle offers advice, counseling and other services to families and loved ones of those who are dying. It is not a licensed funeral home, and the individual plaintiffs are not licensed funeral directors. But the…