COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. TRUMP et al

Filing 42

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT THE LITTLE SISTERS' MOTION TO INTERVENE IS DENIED. SIGNED BY HONORABLE WENDY BEETLESTONE ON 12/8/17. 12/8/17 ENTERED & E-MAILED.(fdc)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA ,
Plaintiff,

CIVIL ACTION

v.
NO. 17-4540
DONALD J. TRUMP, DONALD J.
WRIGHT, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES, STEVEN T.
MNUCHIN, UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY,
RENE ALEXANDER ACOSTA AND THE
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR,
Defendants.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 8th day of December, 2017, upon consideration of the Little Sisters of
the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home (“Little Sisters”) Emergency Motion to Intervene (ECF No.
19), the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Response in Opposition thereto (ECF No. 38), and
the Little Sisters’ Reply thereto (ECF No. 40), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Little
Sisters’ Motion is DENIED.
BY THE COURT:

/s/Wendy Beetlestone, J.
_______________________________
WENDY BEETLESTONE, J.