Biden

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEFENSE FOR CHILDREN No. 24-704

INTERNATIONAL-

D.C. No.

PALESTINE; AL-HAQ; AHMED

4:23-cv-05829-

ABU ARTEMA; MOHAMMED

JSW

AHMED ABU

ROKBEH; MOHAMMAD

HERZALLAH; LAILA OPINION

ELHADDAD; WAEIL

ELBHASSI; BASIM

ELKARRA; OMAR AL-NAJJAR,

Dr.; AYMAN NIJIM,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, President of the United States; ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Secretary of State; LLOYD J. AUSTIN III, Secretary of Defense, in their official capacities,

Defendants - Appellees,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California DEF. FOR CHILDREN INT’L-PALESTINE V. BIDEN

Jeffrey S. White, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted June 10, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed July 15, 2024

Before: Consuelo M. Callahan, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion

SUMMARY*

Political Question Doctrine

The panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal, as not justiciable under the political question doctrine, of plaintiffs’ action seeking to enjoin the President and other senior…