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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THE GEO GROUP, INC., No. 2:20-cv-00533-TLN-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER GAVIN C. NEWSOM, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of California; XAVIER BECERRA, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the State of California, Defendants. 18 19 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Geo Group, Inc.’s (“GEO”) Ex Parte Application to Stay Proceedings Pending Resolution of Appeal. (ECF No. 31.) Defendants Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Xavier Becerra (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 32.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court GRANTS GEO’s application. /// /// /// /// I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND GEO brought the instant action seeking (1) a declaratory judgment that SB-29, codified at California Civil Code § 1670.9(d) (“§ 1670.9(d)”), violates the Supremacy Clause and is unconstitutional as applied to GEO and (2) a preliminary and…