SHAVELSON v. BONTA

Case No. 21-cv-06654-VC.

608 F.Supp.3d 919 (2022)

Lonny SHAVELSON, M.D., et al., Plaintiffs, v. Robert BONTA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

Signed June 22, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Brett Wolf , Catherine M. Cabalo , Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, San Francisco, CA, Kathryn L. Tucker , Pro Hac Vice, Emerge Law Group, Portland, OR, for Plaintiffs Lonny Shavelson, M.D., Sandra Morris, Robert Uslander, M.D., Gary Pasternak, M.D., Richard Mendius, M.D.

Adam Brett Wolf , Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiff Rhiannon Cerreto.

Catherine M. Cabalo , Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane & Conway, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs Alex Sajkovic, End of Life Options California, End of Life Choices California.

Dane Christian Barca , Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants State of California.

Depar Kevin L. Quade , Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, Dane Christian Barca , Jennifer Perkell , Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Robert Bonta.

Dane Christian Barca , Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Michael Charles Wenzel , Steven Frederick Egler , Bertrand Fox Elliot Osman & Wenzel, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant Nancy O'Malley.

Francesca Genova Matozzo , Pro Hac Vice, John Archer Meiser , Pro Hac Vice, Notre Dame Law School, Civil Division, Notre Dame, IN, Christopher James Schweickert , Seto Wood & Schweickert LLP, Walnut Creek, CA, for Amici Christian Medical & Dental Associations, Coptic Medical Association of North America.

David H. Bernstein , DeBevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York, NY, for Amici The Golden West Chapter of The ALS Association, End of Life Choices California, The Disability Justice Law & Organizing Project, Crip Justice.

Michelle Uzeta , Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Berkeley, CA, for Amicus Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund.


ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO DISMISS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 46, 48

California's End of Life Option Act gives some terminally ill Californians the ability to end their lives with aid-in-dying medication. The Act provides peace of mind to many people who would otherwise face a prolonged and painful...

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