Gurrola

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DARIO GURROLA, et al., No. 2:20-cv-01238-JAM-DMC Plaintiffs, v. ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’

MOTIONS TO DISMISS

DAVID DUNCAN, et al., Defendants. 12 California regulations preclude those with recent, or two or more, felony convictions from becoming certified as an Emergency Medical Technician (“EMT”). Plaintiffs are two individuals who wish to become EMT certified but are precluded because of their felony records. Plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of these regulations under the Equal Protection, Due Process, and Privileges and Immunities Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. All three Defendants have moved to dismiss these claims. Because the Court finds the regulations are rationally related to the government’s legitimate interest in ensuring public safety and related to the fitness of being an EMT, these regulations do not violate these clauses. Accordingly, Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss all three claims are…