East Bay Sanctuary Covenant v. Joseph Biden

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

EAST BAY SANCTUARY No. 23-16032

COVENANT; CENTRAL

AMERICAN RESOURCE CENTER; D.C. No. 4:18-cv-

TAHIRIH JUSTICE CENTER; 06810-JST

NATIONAL CENTER FOR

LESBIAN RIGHTS; IMMIGRANT

DEFENDERS LAW CENTER; ORDER

AMERICAN GATEWAYS,

Plaintiffs-Appellees,

v.

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, President of the United States; MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General;

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT

OF JUSTICE; DAVID NEAL;

EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR

IMMIGRATION REVIEW;

ALEJANDRO N. MAYORKAS; U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND

SECURITY; UR M. JADDOU;

UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP

AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES;

TROY A. MILLER; UNITED

STATES CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION,

Defendants-Appellants.

Filed May 22, 2024

Before: William A. Fletcher, Richard A. Paez, and Lawrence VanDyke, Circuit Judges.

Order; Dissent by Judge VanDyke

SUMMARY *

Immigration/Intervention

In a case in which the government appeals the district court’s order vacating the government’s rule, Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (“the Rule”), the panel issued an order denying a motion to intervene filed by the States of…