John Doe 1 v. Joseph R. Biden, J R .

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
J OHN DOE #1; J UAN R AMON
M ORALES ; J ANE DOE, # 2; IRIS
ANGELINA C ASTRO; B LAKE DOE;
B RENDA VILLARRUEL; L ATINO
NETWORK; J ANE DOE, # 3; GABINO
S ORIANO C ASTELLANOS ,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
J OSEPH R. B IDEN, J R ., in his official
capacity as President of the United
States; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HOMELAND S ECURITY; ALEJANDRO
M AYORKAS , Secretary, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security;
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH &
HUMAN S ERVICES ; XAVIER B ECERRA,
Secretary of Health and Human
Services; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
S TATE; ANTONY J. B LINKEN, Secretary
of State, in his official capacity;
UNITED S TATES OF A MERICA,
Defendants-Appellants.
No. 19-36020
D.C. No.
3:19-cv-1743-SI
ORDER
Filed July 16, 2021

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2 DOE #1 V. B IDEN
Before: A. Wallace Tashima, Jay S. Bybee, and
Daniel P. Collins, Circuit Judges.
Order
COUNSEL
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.

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DOE #1 V. B IDEN 3
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. __, 2021 WL 2520313, at *1
(June 21, 2021). The petition for rehearing en banc (Dkt. 80)
is DENIED as moot.

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