UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ELIZABETH FLYNT; HAIG No. 22-16376 KELEGIAN, Sr.; HAIG T. KELEGIAN, Jr., D.C. No. 2:16-cv-02831- Plaintiffs-Appellants, JAM-JDP

v. OPINION ROB BONTA, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California; YOLANDA MORROW; PAULA D. LABRIE; ERIC C. HEINS; EDWARD YEE; CATHLEEN GALGIANI; WILLIAM LIU, in their official capacity as Commissioners of the California Gambling Control Commission,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California John A. Mendez, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted August 22, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed March 14, 2025 2 FLYNT V. BONTA

Before: Daniel A. Bress and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges, and Robert S. Lasnik,* District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Bress

SUMMARY**

Commerce