State of California by and through Attorney General Xavier Becerra v. Azar
- Vince Chhabria
- 3:19-cv-02552
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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In State of California v. Azar, Judge Chhabria granted plaintiffs’ request to submit a later judicial decision for consideration in their pending summary-judgment motion.
The plaintiffs’ request to submit a later judicial decision was granted; the submitted decision will be considered only as relevant to the plaintiffs’ pending summary-judgment motion.
What happened
State of California and the other listed plaintiffs sued Alex M. Azar II and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The order concerns the plaintiffs’ request to submit another court’s decision after oral argument.
The plaintiffs asked for permission to submit District of Columbia v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, a decision from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. They asked the court to consider that decision only to the extent it was relevant to issues in their pending request for summary judgment, which is a request for a ruling without a trial.
Judge Vince Chhabria granted the plaintiffs’ motion for administrative relief and said the court would consider the submitted decision to the extent it was relevant. The order did not state a ruling on the pending summary-judgment motion.
The detailed version
- State of California by and through Attorney General Xavier Becerra v. Azar · No. 3:19-cv-02552
- Vince Chhabria
- Nov. 10, 2020
Order
The court granted the plaintiffs’ Motion for Administrative Relief to Submit Judicial Decisions Issued After Oral Argument.
What the Court Considered
The court stated that it would take into consideration District of Columbia v. U.S. Department of Agriculture, No. 20-cv-00119, 2020 WL 6123104 (D.D.C. Oct. 18, 2020), but only to the extent that the decision was relevant to issues presented in the plaintiffs’ pending Motion for Summary Judgment. Summary judgment is a procedure for resolving a matter without a trial when the applicable legal standard permits it.
Disposition
Judge Vince Chhabria granted the plaintiffs’ motion for administrative relief. The opinion does not state that the court decided the pending summary-judgment motion or the underlying dispute.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.