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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO
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`Case No. 1:25-cv-00015-BLW
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`ORDER & NOTICE OF
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`Yesterday, St. Lukes’s Health System, Ltd. sued Idaho’s Attorney General
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`ST. LUKE’S HEALTH SYSTEM,
`LTD,
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`Plaintiff,
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`RAÚL LABRADOR, Attorney
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`Defendant.
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`for declaratory and injunctive relief. St. Luke’s filed three motions alongside its
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`complaint: (1) a motion to consolidate this case with United States v. Idaho, 22-cv-
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`329; (2) a motion for a preliminary injunction; and (3) a motion to expedite
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`consideration of the preliminary injunction motion. See Dkts. 2, 3, 4. As far as the
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`Court is aware, the Attorney General has not yet been served.
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`In a nutshell, St. Luke’s is asking this Court to enjoin enforcement of Idaho
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`Code § 18-622 to the extent it conflicts with the federal Emergency Medical
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`Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). This Court already enjoined the State of
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`Idaho from enforcing § 18-622 to the extent it conflicts with EMTALA in United
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`States v. Idaho. But St. Luke’s says it is “widely anticipated that after the change in
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`the presidential administration on January 20, 2025, the United States will seek to
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`vacate the injunction currently in effect and dismiss its complaint in United States
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`v. Idaho.” Mtn. Memo, Dkt. 2-1, at 1. For that reason, St. Luke’s asks the Court to
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`expedite consideration of the preliminary injunction motion. See Motion, Dkt. 3.
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`Though St. Luke’s doesn’t come right out and say so, it would appear it is asking
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`this Court to step in and issue an injunction by January 20, 2025—just six calendar
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`days (and three business days) after filing suit.
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`The Court will deny the request to expedite consideration of the injunction
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`motion. Among other things, the request to expedite is based on speculation at the
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`moment. It is not certain whether or when the new administration might move to
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`vacate the injunction and dismiss the action. Under these circumstances, the Court
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`will conduct a hearing on St. Luke’s injunction motion on March 5, 2025 at 3:00
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`p.m. The regular briefing schedule will control. That said, if the United States
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`unequivocally signals its intention to dismiss its complaint or seek to vacate the
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`injunction in United States v. Idaho before that date, the Court will reconsider its
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`decision and hear the motion for preliminary injunction on an expedited basis.
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`Accordingly,
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`IT IS ORDERED that:
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`(1) St. Luke’s Motion to Expedite Consideration of its Motion for
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`Preliminary Injunction (Dkt. 3) is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
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`(2)The Court will conduct a hearing on St. Luke’s Motion for a Preliminary
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`Injunction at 3:00 p.m. on March 5, 2025 in Courtroom 3 of the United
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`States Courthouse in Boise, Idaho.
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`(3)The parties are directed to notify the Court immediately if the parties in
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`United States v. Idaho seek to dismiss the pending appeal in that case or
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`take any other action in the Circuit that would impact the injunction now
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`in place.
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`DATED: January 15, 2025
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`B. Lynn Winmill
`U.S. District Court Judge
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