Inslee

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

THE GEO GROUP, INC., No. 24-2815 D.C. No. Plaintiff - Appellee, 3:23-cv-05626-

BHS

v.

JAY INSLEE, Governor; ROBERT ORDER

FERGUSON,

Defendants - Appellants.

Filed February 11, 2026

Before: William A. Fletcher, Ronald M. Gould, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.

Order; Statement by Judges W. Fletcher, Gould, and Nguyen; Dissent by Judge Bumatay SUMMARY *

Intergovernmental Immunity / Preemption

The panel denied a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in a case in which the panel (1) vacated the district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction sought by GEO Group, Inc. against Washington’s Governor and Attorney General, preventing the enforcement of Sections 2, 3, 5, and 6 of House Bill 1470, a Washington law that protects the health and safety of civil detainees held in the Northwest Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center; and (2) granted in part GEO’s motion to remand to the district court for further proceedings. Respecting the denial of rehearing en banc, Judges W. Fletcher, Gould and Nguyen…