MARCIA STEIN, ET AL V. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., ET AL, No. 22-15862 (9th Cir. 2024)

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FILED FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 8 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MARCIA STEIN; RODOLFO BONE, Qui Tam Relators; ex rel. United States of America, Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 22-15862 D.C. Nos. 3:16-cv-05337-EMC 3:13-cv-03891-EMC Northern District of California, San Francisco and ORDER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN, INC., a California corporation; KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, a California corporation; KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO, A Colorado Corporaton; KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF GEORGIA, INC., a Georgia corporation; KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, INC., a Maryland corporation; KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE NORTHWEST, an Oregon corporation; KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF WASHINGTON, a Washington corporation; PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC., a California corporation; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP; U.S. COURT OF APPEALS COLORADO PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, a Colorado corporation; SOUTHEAST PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP; HAWAII PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP; MID-ATLANTIC PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP; NORTHWEST PERMANENTE, P.C.; GROUP HEALTH PERMANENTE; KAISER PERMANENTE, Defendants-Appellees. MURGUIA, Chief Judge: Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel disposition is vacated. Judges Ikuta and Owens did not participate in the deliberations or vote in this case. 2

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