WELCH v. BROWN

No. CIV. 2:12-2484 WBS KJN.

907 F.Supp.2d 1102 (2012)

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 Lock-Dawson, 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 Members of the Medical Board of California, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

December 3, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Trent Snider , Matthew Brown McReynolds , Sacramento, CA, Michael John Peffer , Santa Ana, CA, for Plaintiffs.

Alexandra Robert Gordon , Paul Evan Stein , California Office of the Attorney General San Francisco San Francisco, CA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE: MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

WILLIAM B. SHUBB, District Judge.

Plaintiffs Donald Welch, Anthony Duk, and Aaron Bitzer seek to enjoin enforcement of Senate Bill 1172 ("SB 1172"), which if it goes into effect on January 1, 2013, will prohibit mental health providers from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts ("SOCE") with minors.

Because the court finds that SB 1172 is subject to strict scrutiny and is unlikely...

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