Case Name: MOUNTAIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC., DBA Pregnancy and Family Resource Center; Birth Choice of the Desert; His Nesting Place, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Xavier BECERRA, Attorney General of the State of California, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-06-19
Citations: 692 F. App'x 807
Docket Number: No. 16-56130
Parties: MOUNTAIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC., DBA Pregnancy and Family Resource Center; Birth Choice of the Desert; His Nesting Place, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Xavier BECERRA, Attorney General of the State of California, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: LIPEZ, BEA, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 692
Pages: 807–808

Head Matter:
MOUNTAIN RIGHT TO LIFE, INC., DBA Pregnancy and Family Resource Center; Birth Choice of the Desert; His Nesting Place, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Xavier BECERRA, Attorney General of the State of California, in his official capacity, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 16-56130
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 9, 2017 Pasadena, California
Filed June 19, 2017
Nicolaie Cocis, Attorney, Law Office of Nic Cocis, Murrieta, CA, Mary Elizabeth McAlister, Daniel Joseph Schmid, Esquire, ■ Litigation Counsel, Liberty Counsel, Lynchburg, VA, Horatio Gabriel Mihet, Esquire, Senior Litigation Counsel, Liberty Counsel, Maitland, FL, Mathew D. Staver, Liberty Counsel, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants
Jonathan Michael Eisenberg, Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellee
Before: LIPEZ, BEA, and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Kermit Victor Lipez, United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
California's Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act ("the Act") requires licensed crisis pregnancy centers to notify clients that they may be eligible for free or low-cost abortions and unlicensed facilities to notify clients that they are not state-licensed. In this action, three faith-based, non-profit crisis pregnancy centers, Mountain Right to Life, Inc. (d/b/a Pregnancy and Family Resource Center), Birth Choice of the Desert, and His Nesting Place, argue that the Act violates the First Amendment free speech and free exercise of religion clauses. The district court denied Plaintiffs' motion for a preliminary injunction. We have jurisdiction over Plaintiffs' appeal from the denial of the injunction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1) and affirm, because this case is controlled by our intervening opinion in National Institute of Family & Life Advocates v. Harris, 839 F.3d 823 (9th Cir. 2016) ("NIFLA").
1. The district court properly concluded that Plaintiffs cannot demonstrate a likelihood of success on the merits of their First Amendment free speech or free exercise claims. See Winter v. Nat. Res. Def. Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7, 20, 129 S.Ct. 365, 172 L.Ed.2d 249 (2008). The Act regulates licensed covered facilities' professional speech, and is therefore subject to intermediate scrutiny, which it survives. ÑIF-LA, 839 F.3d at 838-42. The notice requirement for unlicensed covered facilities survives any level of review. Id. at 843-44. And as to the free exercise claim, the Act is a neutral law of general applicability that survives rational basis review. Id. at 844-45.
2. Because Plaintiffs have not shown a likelihood of success on the merits of their First Amendment claim, nor have they raised serious questions going to the merits, we need not consider the remaining Winter factors. Id. at 845 & n.ll.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.