UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PACIFIC COAST HORSESHOEING No. 18-15840 SCHOOL, INC.; BOB SMITH; ESTEBAN NAREZ, D.C. No. Plaintiffs-Appellants, 2:17-cv-02217- JAM-GGH v. KIMBERLY KIRCHMEYER, in her OPINION Official Capacity as Director of Consumer Affairs; MICHAEL MARION, in his Official Capacity as Chief of the Bureau for Private and Postsecondary Education, Defendants-Appellees.

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

Argued and Submitted October 24, 2019 San Francisco, California

Filed June 10, 2020 2 PACIFIC COAST HORSESHOEING SCHOOL V. KIRCHMEYER

Before: Michael J. Melloy,* Jay S. Bybee, and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee

SUMMARY**

Civil Rights

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a