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FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

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.

No. 19-15974 

D.C. No. 3:19-cv-01184-EMC 

Northern District of California, 

San Francisco 

ORDER

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.

No. 19-15979 

D.C. No. 3:19-cv-01195-EMC 

FILED

JUL 3 2019

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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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.

No. 19-35386 

D.C. Nos. 6:19-cv-00317-MC 

6:19-cv-00318-MC 

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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.

No. 19-35394 

D.C. Nos. 1:19-cv-03040-SAB 

1:19-cv-03045-SAB 

THOMAS, Chief Judge:

Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that 

these cases be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 

35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel Order on Motions for Stay 

Pending Appeal in these cases shall not be cited as precedent by or to any court of 

the Ninth Circuit. 

Judges Graber, Christen, and Owens did not participate in the deliberations 

or vote in these cases. 

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