Opinion
No. 19-36020
07-16-2021
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. Joseph R. BIDEN, Jr., in his official capacity as President of the United States; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; U.S. Department of Health & Human Services ; Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services; U.S. Department of State; Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State, in his official capacity; United States of America, Defendants-Appellants.
Kevin M. Fee, Scott D. Stein, and Tacy Fletcher Flint, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Naomi A. Igra, Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, California; John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Stephen W. Manning and Tess Hellgren, Innovation Law Lab, Portland, Oregon; Jesse Bless, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C.; Karen C. Tumlin and Esther H. Sung, Justice Action Center, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees. Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General; August E. Flentje, Special Counsel; William C. Peachey, Director; Brian C. Ward, Senior Litigation Counsel; Courtney E. Moran, Trial Attorney; Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.
Kevin M. Fee, Scott D. Stein, and Tacy Fletcher Flint, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois; Naomi A. Igra, Sidley Austin LLP, San Francisco, California; John L. Gibbons, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Stephen W. Manning and Tess Hellgren, Innovation Law Lab, Portland, Oregon; Jesse Bless, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C.; Karen C. Tumlin and Esther H. Sung, Justice Action Center, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.
Brian M. Boynton, Acting Assistant Attorney General; August E. Flentje, Special Counsel; William C. Peachey, Director; Brian C. Ward, Senior Litigation Counsel; Courtney E. Moran, Trial Attorney; Office of Immigration Litigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.; for Defendants-Appellants.
Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Jay S. Bybee, and Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
Plaintiffs-Appellees’ Motion to Vacate Panel Opinion (Dkt. 96) is GRANTED in part . The panel opinion published at 984 F.3d 848 (9th Cir. 2020) is VACATED . The matter is REMANDED to the district court with instructions "to vacate as moot the [November 26, 2019] order granting a preliminary injunction." See Mayorkas v. Innovation Law Lab , 594 U.S. ––––, ––– S.Ct. ––––, ––– L.Ed.2d ––––, 2021 WL 2520313, at *1 (June 21, 2021). The petition for rehearing en banc (Dkt. 80) is DENIED as moot.