Marcia Stein v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAY 8 2024 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

MARCIA STEIN; RODOLFO BONE, Qui No. 22-15862 Tam Relators; ex rel. United States of

America, D.C. Nos. 3:16-cv-05337-EMC 3:13-cv-03891-EMC Plaintiffs-Appellants, Northern District of California, San Francisco and

ORDER

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff, v.

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN,

INC., a California corporation; KAISER

FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, a California corporation; KAISER FOUNDATION

HEALTH PLAN OF COLORADO, A

Colorado Corporaton; KAISER

FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF

GEORGIA, INC., a Georgia corporation;

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN

OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES, INC., a Maryland corporation; KAISER

FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN OF THE

NORTHWEST, an Oregon corporation;

KAISER FOUNDATION HEALTH PLAN

OF WASHINGTON, a Washington corporation; PERMANENTE MEDICAL

GROUP, INC., a California corporation;

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP; COLORADO PERMANENTE MEDICAL

GROUP, a Colorado corporation;

SOUTHEAST PERMANENTE MEDICAL

GROUP; HAWAII PERMANENTE

MEDICAL GROUP; MID-ATLANTIC

PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP;

NORTHWEST PERMANENTE, P.C.;

GROUP HEALTH PERMANENTE;

KAISER PERMANENTE,

Defendants-Appellees.

MURGUIA, Chief Judge:

Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3. The three-judge panel disposition is vacated.

Judges Ikuta and Owens did not participate in the deliberations or vote in this case.