DOE #1 v. TRUMP

No. 19-36020.

984 F.3d 848 (2020)

John DOE #1, Juan Ramon Morales; Jane Doe, # 2; Iris Angelina Castro; Blake Doe; Brenda Villarruel; Latino Network; Jane Doe, # 3; Gabino Soriano Castellanos, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Donald TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Chad F. Wolf, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services; Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of State; Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State, in his official capacity; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian C. Ward (argued), Senior Litigation Counsel; Courtney E. Moran , Trial Attorney; August E. Flentje , Special Counsel; William C. Peachey , Director; Joseph H. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General; Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.

Tacy Fletcher Flint (argued), Kevin M. Fee and Scott D. Stein , Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Naomi A. Igra and Benjamin Gillig , Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, California; Esther H. Sung and Karen C. Tumlin , Justice Action Center, Los Angeles, California; Nadia H. Dahab and Stephen W. Manning , Innovation Law Lab, Portland, Oregon; Jesse Bless , American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C.; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michael W. Weaver , McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for Amici Curiae 38 Health Policy Experts.

Xavier Becerra , Attorney General; Michael L. Newman , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Kathleen Boergers and Sarah E. Belton , Supervising Deputy Attorneys General; Srividya Panchalam , Marissa Malouff , and Nimrod Pitsker Elias , Deputy Attorneys General; Office of the General, Oakland, California; Ellen F. Rosenblum , Attorney General; Benjamin Gutman , Solicitor General; Michael C. Kron , Special Counsel; Deanna J. Chang , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Department of Justice, Portland, Oregon; Michael N. Feuer , Corporation Counsel, Oakland, California; Dennis Herrera , City Attorney, San Francisco, California; James R. Williams , County Counsel, Santa Clara, California; Philip J. Weiser , Attorney General, Colorado; Karl A. Racine , Attorney General, District of Columbia; William Tong , Attorney General, Connecticut; Kathleen Jennings , Attorney General, Delaware; Clare E. Connors , Attorney General, Hawaii; Kwame Raoul , Attorney General, and Mark A. Flessner , Corporation Counsel, Chicago, Illinois; Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, Maine; Brian E. Frosh , Attorney General, and Andre M. Davis , City Solicitor, Baltimore, Maryland; Maura Healey , Attorney General, Massachusetts; Dana Nessel , Attorney General, Michigan; Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Minnesota; Aaron D. Ford , Attorney General, Nevada; Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, and Angelo Auteri , Corporation Counsel, Union City, New Jersey; Hector Balderas , Attorney General, New Mexico; Letitia James , Attorney General, and James E. Johnson , Corporation Counsel, New York, New York; Joshua H. Stein , Attorney General, and Nick Herman , Counsel, Carrboro, North Carolina; Josh Shapiro , Attorney General, and Marcel S. Pratt , City Solicitor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Peter F. Neronha , Attorney General, Rhode Island; Thomas J. Donovan Jr. , Attorney General, Vermont; Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, Virginia; Robert W. Ferguson , Attorney General, and Peter S. Holmes , City Attorney, Seattle, Washington; Josh Kaul , Attorney General, Wisconsin; for Amici Curiae States and Cities.

Martha Jane Perkins and Sarah Grusin , National Health Law Program, Carrboro, North Carolina, for Amici Curiae National Health Law Program, American Public Health Association, and 48 Other Organizations.

Laura McNally and Neil Nandi , Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Peter S. Margulies , Bristol, Rhode Island; Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia , University Park, Pennsylvania; for Amici Curiae Immigration Law Professors.

Nicholas Levenhagen and Elizabeth Zirker , Disability Rights California, San Diego, California, for Amici Curiae Disability Rights California, Center for Public Representation, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, Disability Rights Oregon, National Council on Independent Living, National Disability Rights Network, and The Arc.

Daniel B. Asimov , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, San Francisco, California; John A. Freedman and Jeremy Karpatkin , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; for Amici Curiae CASA, Center for Constitutional Rights, Make the Road New York, and National Immigration Law Center.

Sheryl Garko , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, for Amici Curiae American Medical Association, Oregon Medical Association, and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Opinion by Judge Collins; Dissent by Judge Tashima.


OPINION

On October 4, 2019, the President of the United States issued Proclamation No. 9945, entitled "Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially Burden the United States Healthcare System, in Order [t]o Protect the Availability of Healthcare Benefits for Americans." The Proclamation restricts entry...

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