FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALSFOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

D

AVID

H.

 

P

ICKUP

;

 

C

HRISTOPHER

H.R 

OSICK 

;

 

J

OSEPH

 N

ICOLOSI

;

 

R 

OBERT

V

AZZO

;

 

 N

ATIONAL

A

SSOCIATIONFOR

R 

ESEARCH AND

T

HERAPY OF

H

OMOSEXUALITY

, a Utah non-profitorganization; A

MERICAN

A

SSOCIATION OF

C

HRISTIAN

C

OUNSELORS

, a Virginia non-profitassociation; J

ACK

D

OE

1, Parent of John Doe 1; J

ANE

D

OE

1, Parent of John Doe 1; J

OHN

D

OE

1, a minor,guardian ad litem Jane Doe, guardianad litem Jack Doe; J

ACK

D

OE

2,Parent of John Doe 2; J

ANE

D

OE

2,Parent of John Doe 2; J

OHN

D

OE

2, aminor, guardian ad litem Jack Doe,guardian ad litem Jane Doe,

 Plaintiffs-Appellants

,v.E

DMUND

G.

 

B

ROWN

,

 

J

R 

., Governor of the State of California, in hisofficial capacity; A

 NNA

M.C

ABALLERO

, Secretary of theCalifornia State and Consumer Services Agency, in her officialcapacity; S

HARON

L

EVINE

, Presidentof the Medical Board of California,in her official capacity; K 

IM

 No. 12-17681D.C. No.2:12-CV-02497-KJM-EFB

 

P

ICKUP V

.

 

B

ROWN

2M

ADSEN

, Executive Officer of theCalifornia Board of BehavioralSciences, in her official capacity;M

ICHAEL

E

RICKSON

, President of theCalifornia Board of Psychology, inhis official capacity,

 Defendants-Appellees

,andE

QUALITY

C

ALIFORNIA

,

 Intervenor-Defendant-Appellee

.Appeal from the United States District Courtfor the Eastern District of CaliforniaKimberly J. Mueller, District Judge, PresidingD

ONALD

W

ELCH

;

 

A

 NTHONY

D

UK 

;A

ARON

B

ITZER 

,

 Plaintiffs-Appellees

,v.E

DMUND

G.

 

B

ROWN

,

 

J

R 

., Governor of the State of California, in hisofficial capacity; A

 NNA

M.C

ABALLERO

, Secretary of CaliforniaState and Consumer ServicesAgency, in her official capacity;D

ENISE

B

ROWN

, Case Manager,Director of Consumer Affairs, in her official capacity; C

HRISTINE

 No. 13-15023D.C. No.2:12-CV-02484-WBS-KJNOPINION

 

P

ICKUP V

.

 

B

ROWN

3W

IETLISBACH

,

 

P

ATRICIA

L

OCK 

-D

AWSON

,

 

S

AMARA

A

SHLEY

,

 

H

ARRY

D

OUGLAS

,

 

J

ULIA

J

OHNSON

,

 

S

ARITA

K 

OHLI

,

 

R 

ENEE

L

ONNER 

,

 

K 

AREN

P

INES

,

 

C

HRISTINA

W

ONG

, in their official capacities as members of theCalifornia Board of BehavioralSciences; S

HARON

L

EVINE

,

 

M

ICHAEL

B

ISHOP

,

 

S

ILVIA

D

IEGO

,

 

D

EV

G

 NANADEV

,

 

R 

EGINALD

L

OW

,

 

D

ENISE

P

INES

,

 

J

ANET

S

ALOMONSON

,

 

G

ERRIE

S

CHIPSKE

,

 

D

AVID

S

ERRANO

S

EWELL

,B

ARBARA

Y

AROSLAVSKY

, in their official capacities as members of theMedical Board of California,

 Defendants-Appellants

.Appeal from the United States District Courtfor the Eastern District of CaliforniaWilliam B. Shubb, Senior District Judge, PresidingArgued and SubmittedApril 17, 2013—San Francisco, CaliforniaFiled August 29, 2013Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, and Susan P. Graber,and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.Opinion by Judge Graber