Planned Parenthood of Grt TX v. Charles Smi

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: February 5, 2019
• Docket: 17-50282
• Status: Published

Opinion

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

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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.