Alohacare

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ALOHACARE, 

Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 08-16589 v. D.C. No. STATE OF HAWAII, DEPARTMENT OF  1:08-cv-00212-

HUMAN SERVICES; LILLIAN B. SOM-BMK

KOLLER, Director, State of Hawaii,

OPINION

Department of Human Services, Defendants-Appellees.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii Susan Oki Mollway, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted May 15, 2009—Honolulu, Hawaii

Filed July 14, 2009

Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Jay S. Bybee and Consuelo M. Callahan, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Bybee

8805 8808 ALOHACARE v. STATE OF HAWAII

COUNSEL

James L. Feldesman (argued), Feldesman Tucker Leifer Fidell LLP, Washington, D.C.; Edward C. Kemper, Kemper & Watts, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the plaintiff-appellant.

John F. Molay, Deputy Attorney General, Department of the Attorney General, Honolulu, Hawaii; Charles A. Miller (argued), Covington & Burling, LLP, Washington, D.C., for the defendants-appellees.

OPINION

BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

AlohaCare submitted a proposal to provide managed health care to…