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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Constitutionality of State Statute(s)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONALD WELCH, ANTHONY DUK, 

AARON BITZER,

Plaintiffs,

v.

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., 

Governor of the State of 

California, In His Official 

Capacity, ANNA M. CABALLERO, 

Secretary of California State 

and Consumer Services Agency, 

In Her Official Capacity, 

DENISE BROWN, Director of 

Consumer Affairs, In Her 

Official Capacity, CHRISTINE 

WIETLISBACH, PATRICIA LOCKDAWSON, SAMARA ASHLEY, 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, SILVIA DIEGO, DEV 

GNANADEV, REGINALD LOW, 

DENISE PINES, JANET 

SALOMONSON, GERRIE SCHIPSKE, 

DAVID SERRANO SEWELL, BARBARA 

YAROSLAYSKY, In Their 

Official Capacities as 

CIV. NO. 2:12-2484 WBS KJN

ORDER RE: MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON 

THE PLEADINGS

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Members of the Medical Board 

of California, 

 Defendants.

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Defendants move for judgment on the pleadings pursuant 

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) on the ground that 

plaintiffs’ Complaint fails to state a claim as a matter of law.1 

Plaintiffs appear to recognize that the Ninth Circuit’s decision

in Pickup v. Brown, 740 F.3d 1208 (9th Cir. 2014), forecloses

plaintiffs’ challenges to SB 1172 based on free speech rights 

under the First Amendment and substantive due process 

protections. For the reasons the court previously concluded that 

plaintiffs were unlikely to prevail on their remaining challenges 

under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses and privacy

rights of third parties, the court now finds that those claims 

fail as a matter of law. See Welch v. Brown, 58 F. Supp. 3d 

1079, 1084-91 (E.D. Cal. 2014). 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that defendants’ motion for 

judgment on the pleadings be, and the same hereby is, GRANTED. 

The clerk is instructed to enter judgment in favor of defendants 

on all claims and close the case. 

Dated: July 21, 2015

 

1 Because oral argument is unnecessary, the hearing on July 27, 2015 

is vacated and the motion is taken under submission pursuant to Local Rule 

230(g). 

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