Case Name: W.L. (Bill) ARMSTRONG; Jeffrey S. May; William L. (Wil) Armstrong, III; John A. May; Dorothy A. Shanahan; Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Seth D. Harris, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Labor; Jacob J. Lew, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury; United States Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Labor; United States Department of the Treasury, Defendants-Appellees. Association of American Physicians & Surgeons; American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Christian Medical Association; Catholic Medical Association; National Catholic Bioethics Center; Physicians for Life; National Association of Pro Life Nurses, Amici Curiae
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-05
Citations: 531 F. App'x 938
Docket Number: No. 13-1218
Parties: W.L. (Bill) ARMSTRONG; Jeffrey S. May; William L. (Wil) Armstrong, III; John A. May; Dorothy A. Shanahan; Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Seth D. Harris, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Labor; Jacob J. Lew, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury; United States Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Labor; United States Department of the Treasury, Defendants-Appellees. Association of American Physicians & Surgeons; American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Christian Medical Association; Catholic Medical Association; National Catholic Bioethics Center; Physicians for Life; National Association of Pro Life Nurses, Amici Curiae.
Judges: Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, TYMKOVICH and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 531
Pages: 938–939

Head Matter:
W.L. (Bill) ARMSTRONG; Jeffrey S. May; William L. (Wil) Armstrong, III; John A. May; Dorothy A. Shanahan; Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, in her official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services; Seth D. Harris, in his official capacity as Acting Secretary of the United States Department of Labor; Jacob J. Lew, in his official capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury; United States Department of Health and Human Services; United States Department of Labor; United States Department of the Treasury, Defendants-Appellees. Association of American Physicians & Surgeons; American Association of Pro-Life Obstetricians & Gynecologists; Christian Medical Association; Catholic Medical Association; National Catholic Bioethics Center; Physicians for Life; National Association of Pro Life Nurses, Amici Curiae.
No. 13-1218.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Sept. 5, 2013.
Steven H. Aden, Matthew Scott Bowman, Alliance Defending Freedom, WA, DC, David Andrew Cortman, Lawrence-ville, GA, Michael J. Norton, Greenwood Village, CO, Natalie Decker, Law Office of Natalie L. Decker, Littleton, CO, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Michelle Renee Bennett, Alisa Beth Klein, Mark B. Stern, U.S. Department of Justice-DC-Federal Programs, WA, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Ovide Marc Lamontagne, Americans United for Life, WA, DC, for Amici Curiae.
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, TYMKOVICH and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
PER CURIAM.
Cherry Creek Mortgage Co., Inc. (Cherry Creek) and its owners, managers and voting shareholders filed an interlocutory appeal from the district court's denial of their request for a preliminary injunction to enjoin enforcement of the preventive services coverage mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its related regulations. The district court denied the request after concluding that plaintiffs were not likely to succeed on the merits of their underlying complaint, which alleged that this portion of the Act violated their rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the First Amendment. The district court did not address the other preliminary injunction factors.
Defendants and plaintiffs now jointly move this court to summarily reverse the denial order and remand to the district court to consider the remaining preliminary injunction factors in light of our recent en banc decision in Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius, 723 F.3d 1114 (10th Cir.2013). Upon consideration, we agree that plaintiff Cherry Creek has established a substantial likelihood of success on the merits of its RFRA claim, and that the district court erred in concluding otherwise. Consequently, we grant the motion for remand, vacate the district court's order, and remand for further proceedings consistent with the Hobby Lobby decision.
We deny as moot plaintiffs' request for a motion for injunction pending appeal.
This panel has determined that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.