Arizona Alliance for Retired Americans v. Kristin K. Mayes

FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS MAR 18 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ARIZONA ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED No. 22-16490 AMERICANS; VOTO LATINO; PRIORITIES USA, D.C. No. 2:22-cv-01374-GMS District of Arizona, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Phoenix v. ORDER KRISTIN K. MAYES, in his official capacity as Attorney General for the State of Arizona, Defendant-Appellant, YUMA COUNTY REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE, Intervenor-Defendant- Appellant, and KATIE HOBBS, in her official capacity as Secretary of State for the State of Arizona; LARRY NOBLE, Nominal Defendant, in his official capacity as Apache County Recorder; DAVID STEVENS, Nominal Defendant, in his official capacity as Cochise County Recorder, previously named as David Stephens; PATTY HANSEN, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Coconino County Recorder; SADIE JO BINGHAM, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Gila County Recorder; WENDY JOHN, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Graham County Recorder; SHARIE MILHEIRO, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Greenlee County Recorder; RICHARD GARCIA, Nominal Defendant, in his official capacity as La Paz County Recorder; STEPHEN RICHER, Nominal Defendant, in his official capacity as Maricopa County Recorder; KRISTI BLAIR, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Mohave County Recorder; MICHAEL SAMPLE, Nominal Defendant, in his official capacity as Navajo County Recorder; GABRIELLA CAZARES-KELLY, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Pima County Recorder; DANA LEWIS, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Pinal County Recorder; SUZANNE SAINZ, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Santa Cruz County Recorder; MICHELLE BURCHILL, Nominal Defendant, in her official capacity as Yavapai County Recorder; RICHARD COLWELL, Nominal Defendant, in his official capacity as Yuma County Recorder, Defendants.

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 40(c) and Circuit Rule 40-3. The three-judge panel opinion is vacated.