Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-02-05 19:00:34.109757+00
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                  FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT     United States Court of Appeals
                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                _____________________                       FILED
                                                                         February 4, 2019
                                    No. 17-50282
                                                                          Lyle W. Cayce
                                _____________________                          Clerk

PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GREATER TEXAS FAMILY PLANNING
AND PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SERVICES, INC; PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SAN ANTONIO; PLANNED PARENTHOOD CAMERON
COUNTY; PLANNED PARENTHOOD GULF COAST, INC; PLANNED
PARENTHOOD SOUTH TEXAS SURGICAL CENTER; JANE DOE #1;
JANE DOE #2; JANE DOE #4; JANE DOE #7;
JANE DOE #9; JANE DOE #10; JANE DOE #11,

                                                      Plaintiffs - Appellees
v.

CHARLES SMITH, in his official capacity as Executive Commissioner of
HHSC; SYLVIA HERNANDEZ KAUFFMAN, in her official capacity as
Acting Inspector General of HHSC,

                                                      Defendants - Appellants

                             __________________________

                Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                            Western District of Texas
                           __________________________

               (Opinion January 17, 2019, 5 Cir., 2019, ___ F.3d ___)

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, JONES, SMITH, DENNIS, CLEMENT,
OWEN, ELROD, SOUTHWICK, HAYNES, GRAVES, HIGGINSON,
COSTA, WILLETT, HO, DUNCAN, and ENGELHARDT, Circuit Judges. 1

 1   Judge Oldham is recused and did not participate in this decision.
BY THE COURT:

      A majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not
disqualified having voted in favor, on the Court’s own motion, to rehear this
case en banc,
      IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the court en banc
with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a
briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.