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The HHS Mandate in the Tenth Circuit

Tenth Circuit (Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas)

 

Supreme Court

  • Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 134 S. Ct. 678 (2013), cert granted.
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver, Colorado v. Sebelius, 134 S. Ct. 1022 (2014), injunction pending appeal granted.
  • Sebelius v. Newland, No. 13-919 (pet. filed Jan. 31, 2014).

Court of Appeals

Seven appeals have been filed.

  • Newland v. Sebelius, 542 Fed.Appx. 706 (10th Cir. 2013), affirmed and remanded.
  • Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius, 723 F.3d 1114 (10th Cir. 2013), rev’d and remanded.
  • Armstrong v. Sebelius, 531 F. App'x 938 (10th Cir. 2013), vacated and remanded in light of Hobby Lobby.
  • Briscoe v. Sebelius, No. 13-1461 (10th Cir. 2013), abated pending resolution of Hobby Lobby.
  • Little Sisters of the Poor v. Kathleen Sebelius, No. 13-1540 (10th Cir. 2013), injunction pending appeal denied.
  • Southern Nazarene University v. Sebelius, No. 14-6026 (10th , Cir. 2014), appeal docketed.
  • Reaching Souls International, Inc., et al. v. Sebelius, et al., No. 14-6028 (10th Cir. 2014), appeal docketed.

District Court

Twelve cases have been filed (including one that was re-filed). 

Colorado

  • Colorado Christian Univ. v. Sebelius, No. 11-CV-03350-CMA-BNB, 2013 WL 93188 (D. Colo. Jan. 7, 2013)
  • Colorado Christian University v. U.S. Dep't of Health & Human Servs, No. 13-02105 (D. Colo. Aug. 7, 2013).
  • Newland v. Sebelius, 881 F. Supp. 2d 1287 (D. Colo. 2012).
  • Briscoe v. Sebelius, No. 13-CV-00285-WYD-BNB, 2013 WL 4781711 (D. Colo. Sept. 6, 2013).
  • Armstrong v. Sebelius, No. 13-CV-00563-RBJ, 2013 WL 5213640 (D. Colo. Sept. 17, 2013).
  • Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged v. Sebelius, No. 13-CV-2611-WJM-BNB, 2013 WL 6839900 (D. Colo. Dec. 27, 2013).
  • Fellowship of Catholic University Students, et al v. Sebelius, et al, No. 13-03263 (D. Colo. Dec. 3, 2013).
  • Dobson, et al. v. Sebelius, et al., No. 13-03326 (D. Colo. Dec. 10, 2013).

Oklahoma

  • Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v.Sebelius, CIV-12-1000-HE, 2013 WL 3869832 (W.D. Okla. July 19, 2013).
  • S. Nazarene Univ. v. Sebelius, CIV-13-1015-F, 2013 WL 6804265 (W.D. Okla. Dec. 23, 2013).
  • Reaching Souls Int’l, Inc., v. Sebelius, CIV-13-1092-D, 2013 WL 6804259 (W.D. Okla. Dec. 20, 2013).

Wyoming

  • Diocese of Cheyenne et al v. US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary et al, No. 14-00021 (D. WY Jan. 30, 2014).

Kansas

No cases filed

New Mexico

no cases filed

Utah

no cases filed