Ferguson

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS No. 24-3661

FOR ETHICAL CARE INC;

D.C. No.

ADVOCATES PROTECTING

3:23-cv-05736-

CHILDREN; PARENT 1A;

DGE

PARENT 1B; PARENT 2A;

PARENT 2B; PARENT 3A;

PARENT 3B; PARENT 4A; ORDER

PARENT 4B; PARENT 5A;

PARENT 5B,

Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v.

ROBERT FERGUSON, Governor; NICK BROWN, Attorney General of Washington; TANA SENN, Secretary of the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families,

Defendants - Appellees.

Filed December 5, 2025

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges. 2 INT’L PARTNERS FOR ETHICAL CARE, INC V. FERGUSON

Order; Dissent by Judge VanDyke; Dissent by Judge Tung

SUMMARY *

Article III Standing

The panel denied a petition for panel rehearing and a petition for rehearing en banc in a case in which the panel affirmed the district court’s dismissal, for lack of Article III standing, of a challenge to three Washington laws regulating the rights and privileges of Washington minors seeking access to mental health care and shelter services, particularly minors who are…