Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Washington Conversion Therapy Case, Setting Up Possible Supreme Court Review

January 25, 2023

On January 23, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit announced denial of rehearing en banc in Tingley v. Ferguson, 47 F. 4^th 1055 (9^th Cir., September 6, 2022), in which a three judge panel, following 9^th Circuit precedent in Pickup v. Brown, 740 F.3d 1208 (9^th Cir. 2014), rejected a First Amendment free speech challenge to Washington’s statute prohibiting licensed health care providers from performing … <Read More>

District Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to Washington State’s Conversion Therapy Ban

September 2, 2021

Senior U.S. District Judge Robert J. Bryan has dismissed constitutional challenges to Washington State’s Conversion Therapy ban (codified in Wash. Rev. Code Sections 18.130.20 and 18.130.180) brought by Brian Tingley, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, who asserted a violation of his free speech and free exercise of religion rights, as well as alleging a violation of due process. Tingley v. Ferguson, 2021 WL 3861657, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 164063 (W.D. Wash., Aug. 30, … <Read More>