Texas et al v. United States of America et al

Filing 39

PLAINTIFF-STATES' AND INDIVIDUAL-PLAINTIFFS' APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION filed by Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Neill Hurley, Indiana, Kansas, Paul LePage, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, John Nantz, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, West Virgina, Wisconsin (Attachments: # 1 Proposed Order Granting Application for Preliminary Injunction)Attorney Darren L McCarty added to party Neill Hurley(pty:pla), Attorney Darren L McCarty added to party John Nantz(pty:pla) (McCarty, Darren) Modified title on 4/26/2018 (ctf).

No. 4:18-cv-00167-O

In the United States District Court
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

TEXAS, WISCONSIN, ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, ARIZONA, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, INDIANA,
KANSAS, LOUISIANA, PAUL LEPAGE, Governor of Maine, GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT OF
THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
TENNESSEE, UTAH, WEST VIRGINIA, NEILL HURLEY, and JOHN NANTZ,
PLAINTIFFS,
v.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, ALEX AZAR, in his Official Capacity as SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, and DAVID J. KAUTTER, in
his Official Capacity as Acting COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE,
DEFENDANTS.
[PROPOSED] ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’ APPLICATION FOR
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

The Court, having considered Plaintiff-States’ and Individual-Plaintiffs’
Application for Preliminary Injunction and all briefing submitted in support of and
in opposition to the application, as well as the applicable law, concludes that the
application has merit and should be, and hereby is, GRANTED. Defendants are
hereby ENJOINED from enforcing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and its associated regulations.

SIGNED on this __ day of

, 2018.

THE HONORABLE REED O’CONNOR
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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