Aimee Ray, et al v. Washington State Department of Health and Human Services, a government agency, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, a government agency

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 7 AIMEE RAY, et al, Case No. 2:23-cv-00465-TMC 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE 9 TO AMEND v. 10 WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT 11 OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, a 12 government agency, WASHINGTON STATE 13 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND 14 HEALTH SERVICES, a government agency, 15 WENDY LONG, an individual, SONYA 16 SANDERS, an individual, 17 Defendants. 18 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 This case arises out of Plaintiffs’ requests for religious exemptions from Defendant 21 Washington State Department of Social and…