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CALIFORNIA BY AND THROUGH BECERRA v. AZAR

No. 19-15974, No. 19-15979, No. 19-35386, No. 19-35394.

927 F.3d 1068 (2019)

State of CALIFORNIA, BY AND THROUGH Attorney General Xavier BECERRA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alex M. AZAR II, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Defendants-Appellants. Essential Access Health, Inc.; Melissa Marshall, M.D., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendants-Appellants. State of Oregon; State of New York; State of Colorado; State of Connecticut; State of Delaware; District of Columbia; State of Hawaii; State of Illinois; State of Maryland; Commonwealth of Massachusetts; State of Michigan; State of Minnesota; State of Nevada; State of New Jersey; State of New Mexico; State of North Carolina; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; State of Rhode Island; State of Vermont; Commonwealth of Virginia; State of Wisconsin; American Medical Association; Oregon Medical Association; Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.; Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon; Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette; Thomas N. Ewing, M.D.; Michele P. Megregian, C.N.M., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alex M. Azar II; United States Department of Health and Human Services; Diane Foley; Office of Population Affairs, Defendants-Appellants. State of Washington; National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association; Feminist Women's Health Center; Deborah Oyer, M.D.; Teresa Gall, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Alex M. Azar II, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Health and Human Services; Diane Foley, MD, in her official capacity as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population Affairs; Office of Population Affairs, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 20, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaynie Lilley , Katherine Allen , and Michael S. Raab , Appellate Staff; Brinton Lucas , Senior Counsel; Hashim M. Mooppan , Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; for Defendants-Appellants.

Anna Rich , Ketakee Kane , and Brenda Ayon Verduzco , Deputy Attorneys General; Kathleen Boergers , Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Michael L. Newman , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Oakland, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of California.

Michelle Ybarra , Sarah Salomon , Sophie Hood , and Justine Sessions , Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP, San Francisco, California, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Essential Access Health, Inc. and Melissa Marshall, M.D.

Judith N. Vale , Senior Assistant Solicitor General; Barbara D. Underwood , Solicitor General; Letitia James , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Albany, New York; Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General; Jona J. Maukonen , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Salem, Oregon; Phil Weiser , Attorney General, State of Colorado; William Tong , Attorney General, State of Connecticut; Kathy Jennings , Attorney General, State of Delaware; Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, District of Columbia; Clare E. Connors , Attorney General, State of Hawaii; Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, State of Illinois; Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, State of Maryland; Maura Healey , Attorney General, Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Dana Nessel , Attorney General, State of Michigan; Keith Ellison , Attorney General, State of Minnesota; Aaron Ford , Attorney General, State of Nevada; Gurbir Singh Grewal , Attorney General, State of New Jersey; Hector Balderas , Attorney General, State of New Mexico; Josh Stein , Attorney General, State of North Carolina; Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, State of Rhode Island; T.J. Donovan , Attorney General, State of Vermont; Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia; Josh Kaul , Attorney General, State of Wisconsin; for Plaintiffs-Appellees State of Oregon, State of New York, State of Colorado, State of Connecticut, State of Delaware, District of Columbia, State of Hawaii, State of Illinois, State of Maryland, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Michigan, State of Minnesota, State of Nevada, State of New Jersey, State of New Mexico, State of North Carolina, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State of Rhode Island, State of Vermont, Commonwealth of Virginia, and State of Wisconsin.

Alan E. Schoenfeld , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, New York; Joshua M. Koppel , Albinas J. Prizgintas , Kimberly A. Parker , and Paul R.Q. Wolfson , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, D.C.; Kennon Scott , Per A. Ramfjord , and Jeremy D. Sacks , Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, Oregon; Erin G. Sutton , Leonard A. Nelson , and Brian D. Vandenberg , Office of General Counsel, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois; Mark Bonnano , General Counsel, Oregon Medical Association, Portland, Oregon; Carri Y. Flaxman and Helene T. Krasnoff , Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc., Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees American Medical Association; Oregon Medical Association; Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.; Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon; Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette; Thomas N. Ewing, M.D.; Michele P. Megregian, C.N.M.

Kristin Beneski , Paul M. Crisalli , and Jeffrey T. Sprung , Assistant Attorneys General; Norah G. Purcell , Solicitor General; Robert Ferguson , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Seattle, Washington; for Plaintiff-Appellee State of Washington.

Fiona Kaye , Brigitte Amiri , Elizabeth Deutsch , Anjali Dalal , and Ruth E. Harlow , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation; Emily Chiang , American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Washington; Joe Shaeffer , MacDonald Hoague & Bayless, Seattle, Washington; Brandon D. Harper , Jennifer B. Sokoler , and Nicole M. Argentieri , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, New York; Sara Zdeb , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Feminist Women's Health Center. Deborah Oyer M.D., and Teresa Gall.

Before: Edward Leavy, Consuelo M. Callahan, and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges.

ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR STAY PENDING APPEAL

ORDER

BACKGROUND

In 1970, Congress enacted Title X of the Public Health Service Act ("Title X") to create a limited grant program for certain types of pre-pregnancy family planning services. See Pub. L. No. 91-572, 84 Stat. 1504 (1970). Section 1008 of Title X, which...

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