Alabama Middle District Court
Judge:Myron H Thompson
Referred: Terry F Moorer
Case #: 2:15-cv-00620
Nature of Suit440 Civil Rights - Other Civil Rights
Cause42:1983 Civil Rights Act
Case Filed:Aug 28, 2015
Terminated:Nov 30, 2015
Last checked: Wednesday Feb 24, 2016 8:21 AM CST
Defendant
Stephanie McGee Azar
Represented By
Misty Shawn Fairbanks Messick
Office Of The Attorney General
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James William Davis
State Of Alabama
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Defendant
Robert Bentley
Represented By
Scott Samuel Brown
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C.
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Kasdin Miller Mitchell
Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
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Prim Formby Escalona
Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.
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David Bryson Byrne, Jr.
State Of Alabama, Governor'S Office
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John Cowles Neiman, Jr.
Maynard Cooper & Gale PC
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Plaintiff
Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc.
Represented By
Brigitte Amiri
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
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Jennifer Dalven
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
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Carrie Y. Flaxman
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America
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Melissa Cohen
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America
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Jennifer R. Sandman
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America
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Randall C Marshall
Aclu Of Alabama Foundation, Inc.
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Plaintiff
Jane Doe
Represented By
Brigitte Amiri
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
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Jennifer Dalven
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
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Carrie Y. Flaxman
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America
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Melissa Cohen
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America
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Jennifer R. Sandman
Planned Parenthood Federation Of America
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Randall C Marshall
Aclu Of Alabama Foundation, Inc.
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GPO Oct 28 2015
OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 10/28/2015. (wcl, )
GPO Oct 28 2015
ORDER OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION: it is the ORDER of the court as follows: (1) Plfs Planned Parenthood Southeast and Jane Doe's 7 motion for a preliminary injunction is granted as to Doe's Medicaid Act claim; (2) Dfts Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, and all those acting in concert with them, are PRELIMINARILY ENJOINED from suspending Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. and from failing to reinstate their provider agreement with Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., until further order of the court. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 10/28/2015. (wcl, )
GPO Nov 30 2015
ORDERED that the 69 Joint Motion to Enter Final Order is granted as follows: Dfts Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, and all those acting in concert with them, are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from suspending Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., or terminating their provider agreements based upon any allegation, video or documentation prepared by, or in concert with, the Center for Medical Progress that has been released or made available as of the date of this Order. PROVIDED HOWEVER, that nothing in this Order prohibits the Governor and Commissioner from terminating Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc.'s Medicaid provider agreements for cause as defined by the Medicaid Act, should such cause arise in the future; Dfts Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, and all those acting in concert with them, are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from terminating Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc.'s Medicaid provider agreements on an at-will basis; Dfts shall pay Plfs' counsel fifty one thousand, nine dollars and eighty nine cents ($51,009.89) in full satisfaction of any claim for attorneys' fees, expenses and costs within ninety (90) days of this Order; DIRECTING the clerk to enter this document on the civil docket as a final judgment pursuant to Rule 58 FRCP; This case is closed. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 11/30/2015. (Attachments: # (1) Civil Appeals Checklist) (wcl, )

Docket last updated: 6 hours ago
Monday, November 30, 2015
70 70 order Order Dismissing Case Mon 11/30 3:07 PM
ORDERED that the69 Joint Motion to Enter Final Order is granted as follows: Dfts Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, and all those acting in concert with them, are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from suspending Medicaid payments to Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., or terminating their provider agreements based upon any allegation, video or documentation prepared by, or in concert with, the Center for Medical Progress that has been released or made available as of the date of this Order. PROVIDED HOWEVER, that nothing in this Order prohibits the Governor and Commissioner from terminating Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc.'s Medicaid provider agreements for cause as defined by the Medicaid Act, should such cause arise in the future; Dfts Robert Bentley and Stephanie McGee Azar, and all those acting in concert with them, are PERMANENTLY ENJOINED from terminating Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc.'s Medicaid provider agreements on an at-will basis; Dfts shall pay Plfs' counsel fifty one thousand, nine dollars and eighty nine cents ($51,009.89) in full satisfaction of any claim for attorneys' fees, expenses and costs within ninety (90) days of this Order; DIRECTING the clerk to enter this document on the civil docket as a final judgment pursuant to Rule 58 FRCP; This case is closed. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 11/30/2015. (wcl, )
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Att: 1 Civil Appeals Checklist
69 69 motion Order Mon 11/30 11:08 AM
Joint MOTION to Enter Final Order by Robert Bentley, Stephanie McGee Azar, Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc., Jane Doe.(Neiman, John) Modified on 11/30/2015 to add as filed on behalf of all parties (wcl, )
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Att: 1 Exhibit A - Proposed Order