United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

State of Missouri; State of Louisiana; Aaron Kheriaty; Martin Kulldorff; Jim Hoft; Jayanta Bhattacharya; Jill Hines,

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; Vivek H. Murthy; Xavier Becerra; Department of Health & Human Services; Anthony Fauci; Et al.,

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 3:22-CV-1213

IT IS ORDERED that the unopposed motion of Leland Stanford Junior University, Alex Stamos and Renee DiResta, to file an amicus brief, in support of the appellants, is GRANTED.

Dear Mr. Mills, Due to the expedited nature of this case, please submit the paper copies of this document by tomorrow, August 9, 2023.

You must submit the 7 paper copies of your brief required by 5th Cir. R. 31.1 pursuant to 5th Cir. ECF Filing Standard E.1.

Failure to timely provide the appropriate number of copies may result in the dismissal of your appeal pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 42.3.

Exception: As of July 2, 2018, Anders briefs only require 2 paper copies.

Mr. Travis Christopher Barham Mr. John B. Bellinger III Mr. Simon Christopher Brewer Mr. Jonathon Christian Burns Mr. Jay R. Carson Mr. David Anthony Dalia Mr. Joshua M. Divine Mr. Christopher A. Ferrara Mr. Jon Marshall Greenbaum Mr. David A. Greene Mr. R. Stanton Jones Ms. Elizabeth Baker Murrill Mr. William Jeffrey Olson Mr. Dean John Sauer Mr. Todd Scott Mr. Jay A. Sekulow Mr. Eric Arthur Sell Mr. Tracy Short Mr. Daniel Bentele Hahs Tenny Ms. Elisabeth S. Theodore Mr. Peter Martin Torstensen Jr. Mr. John Julian Vecchione Mr. Henry Charles Whitaker Mr. Daniel Winik Mr. Scott L. Winkelman Mr. Stephen K. Wirth Ms. Grace Zhou

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United States Court of Appeals

Dear Mr. Sell, Due to the expedited nature of this case, please submit the paper copies of this document by tomorrow, August 8, 2023.

You must electronically file a "Form for Appearance of Counsel" by tomorrow, August 8, 2023.

If you fail to electronically file the form, the brief will be stricken and returned unfiled.

Mr. Travis Christopher Barham Mr. John B. Bellinger III Mr. Simon Christopher Brewer Mr. Jonathon Christian Burns Mr. Jay R. Carson Mr. David Anthony Dalia Mr. Joshua M. Divine Mr. Jon Marshall Greenbaum Mr. David A. Greene Ms. Elizabeth Baker Murrill Mr. Dean John Sauer Mr. Todd Scott Mr. Jay A. Sekulow Mr. Tracy Short Mr. Daniel Bentele Hahs Tenny Mr. Peter Martin Torstensen Jr. Mr. John Julian Vecchione Mr. Henry Charles Whitaker Mr. Daniel Winik Mr. Scott L. Winkelman Ms. Grace Zhou

Mr. Travis Christopher Barham Alliance Defending Freedom 1000 Hurricane Shoals Road, N.E.

Dear Mr. Barham, Due to the expedited nature of this case, please submit the paper copies of this document by tomorrow, August 8, 2023.

You must submit the 7 paper copies of your brief required by 5th Cir. R. 31.1 pursuant to 5th Cir. ECF Filing Standard E.1.

Failure to timely provide the appropriate number of copies may result in the dismissal of your appeal pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 42.3.

Mr. John B. Bellinger III Mr. Simon Christopher Brewer Mr. Jonathon Christian Burns Mr. Jay R. Carson Mr. David Anthony Dalia Mr. Joshua M. Divine Mr. Jon Marshall Greenbaum Mr. David A. Greene Ms. Elizabeth Baker Murrill Mr. Dean John Sauer Mr. Todd Scott Mr. Jay A. Sekulow Mr. Tracy Short Mr. Daniel Bentele Hahs Tenny Mr. Peter Martin Torstensen Jr. Mr. John Julian Vecchione Mr. Daniel Winik Mr. Scott L. Winkelman Ms. Grace Zhou

The Ninth Circuit reached this conclusion based on its erroneous holding that the government must offer a private party “positive incentives” for that party’s conduct to be fairly attributable to the state absent some form of

And while Appellants may have acted under the auspices of national interest and public safety, the record plainly shows that silencing constitutionally protected speech was their ultimate objective.

Like the government defendants in other cases involving censorship of private online speech, Appellants here claim they are merely communicating the government’s opinion when they encourage social media companies to suppress certain content.

“The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows, and [its] prohibition[s] [are] levelled at the thing, not the name.” Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard Coll., 143 S. Ct. 2141, 2176 (2023) (quotation marks omitted) (quoting Cummings v. Missouri, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.)

Setting aside the numerous examples of Appellants’ coercive conduct, the federal actors here engaged in a sustained campaign to encourage social media companies to silence protected speech.

Dear Mr. Ferrara, Due to the expedited nature of this case, please submit the paper copies of this document by tomorrow, August 9, 2023.

You must submit the 7 paper copies of your brief required by 5th Cir. R. 31.1 pursuant to 5th Cir. ECF Filing Standard E.1.

Failure to timely provide the appropriate number of copies may result in the dismissal of your appeal pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 42.3.

Exception: As of July 2, 2018, Anders briefs only require 2 paper copies.

Mr. Travis Christopher Barham Mr. John B. Bellinger III Mr. Simon Christopher Brewer Mr. Jonathon Christian Burns Mr. Jay R. Carson Mr. David Anthony Dalia Mr. Joshua M. Divine Mr. Jon Marshall Greenbaum Mr. David A. Greene Mr. R. Stanton Jones Ms. Elizabeth Baker Murrill Mr. William Jeffrey Olson Mr. Dean John Sauer Mr. Todd Scott Mr. Jay A. Sekulow Mr. Eric Arthur Sell Mr. Tracy Short Mr. Daniel Bentele Hahs Tenny Ms. Elisabeth S. Theodore Mr. Peter Martin Torstensen Jr. Mr. John Julian Vecchione Mr. Henry Charles Whitaker Mr. Daniel Winik Mr. Scott L. Winkelman Mr. Stephen K. Wirth Ms. Grace Zhou