Docket for 13A691
| No. 13A691 | |
| Title: |
| Little Sisters Of The Poor Home For The Aged, Denver, Colorado, A Colorado Non-profit Corporation, et al., Applicants |
| v. |
| Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. |
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| Docketed: | December 31, 2013 |
| Lower Ct: | United States District Court for the District of Colorado |
| Case Nos.: | (13-cv-2611-WJM-BNB) |
| ~~~Date~~~ | ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| Dec 31 2013 |
Application (13A691) for injunction pending appellate review, submitted to Justice Sotomayor. |
| Dec 31 2013 |
UPON CONSIDERATION of the application of counsel for the
applicants, IT IS ORDERED that respondents are temporarily enjoined from
enforcing against applicants the contraceptive coverage requirements
imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, 42 U. S. C.
� 300gg-13(a)(4), and related regulations pending the receipt of a response
and further order of Justice Sotomayor or of the Court. The response to the
application is due Friday, January 3, 2014, by 10 a.m. |
| Dec 31 2013 |
Letter from counsel for applicants dated December 31, 2013, notifying the Court of supplemental authority received. |
| Dec 31 2013 |
Second letter from counsel for applicants dated December 31, 2013, notifying the Court of supplemental authority received. |
| Jan 3 2014 |
Response to application from respondents Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. filed. |
| Jan 3 2014 |
Reply of applicants filed. |
| Jan 24 2014 |
Application (13A691) referred to the Court. |
| Jan 24 2014 |
The application (13A691) for an injunction having been submitted to Justice Sotomayor and by her referred to the Court, the Court orders: If the employer applicants inform the Secretary of Health and Human Services in writing that they are non-profit organizations that hold themselves out as religious and have religious objections to providing coverage for contraceptive services, the respondents are enjoined from enforcing against the applicants the challenged provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and related regulations pending final disposition of the appeal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. To meet the condition for injunction pending appeal, applicants need not use the form prescribed by the Government and need not send copies to third-party administrators. The Court issues this order based on all of the circumstances of the case, and this order should not be construed as an expression of the Court�s views on the merits. |
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