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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

PLANNED PARENTHOOD 

SOUTHEAST, INC.; and

JANE DOE, 

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 Plaintiffs, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

 v. ) 2:15cv620-MHT

) (WO)

ROBERT BENTLEY, Governor 

of Alabama, in his 

official capacity; and 

STEPHANIE McGEE AZAR, 

Acting Commissioner, 

Alabama Medicaid Agency, 

in her official capacity,

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 Defendants. )

ORDER

Before the Court is the parties’ Joint Motion to 

Enter Final Order (doc. no. 69). Upon consideration of 

the motion, it is ORDERED that the motion (doc. no. 69) 

is granted as follows:

Defendants Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, 

and all those acting in concert with them, are 

PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from suspending Medicaid payments 

to Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., or terminating 

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their provider agreements based upon any allegation, 

video or documentation prepared by, or in concert with, 

the Center for Medical Progress that has been released 

or made available as of the date of this Order. 

PROVIDED HOWEVER, that nothing in this Order prohibits 

the Governor and Commissioner from terminating Planned 

Parenthood Southeast, Inc.’s Medicaid provider 

agreements for cause as defined by the Medicaid Act, 

should such cause arise in the future.

Defendants Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, 

and all those acting in concert with them, are 

PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from terminating Planned 

Parenthood Southeast, Inc.’s Medicaid provider 

agreements on an at-will basis.

Defendants shall pay Plaintiffs’ counsel fifty one 

thousand, nine dollars and eighty nine cents 

($51,009.89) in full satisfaction of any claim for 

attorneys’ fees, expenses and costs within ninety (90)

days of this Order.

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The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to enter this 

document on the civil docket as a final judgment 

pursuant to Rule 58 of the Federal Rules of Civil 

Procedure.

This case is closed.

DONE, this the 30th day of November, 2015.

_ /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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