Case 2:15-cv-00620-MHT-TFM Document 69 Filed 11/30/15 Page 1 of 4

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
NORTHERN DIVISION

PLANNED PARENTHOOD SOUTHEAST,

INC.; and JANE DOE,
Plaintiffs,
v.

CIVIL ACTION

ROBERT BENTLEY, Governor of Alabama, in

his official capacity; STEPHANIE McGEE
AZAR, Acting Commissioner, Alabama
Medicaid Agency, in her official capacity,

Case No. 2:15-cv-00620-MHT-TFM

Defendants.

JOINT MOTION TO ENTER FINAL ORDER

Plaintiffs Planned Parenthood Southeast, Inc. (PPSE) and Jane Doe and Defendants
Governor Robert Bentley and Commissioner Stephanie Azar respectfully submit this stipulation
regarding the final resolution of this case. In seeking this final resolution, the parties state the
following:
1.

The Governor and the Commissioner represent that they have reinstated PPSEs

two Medicaid provider agreements with the State effective October 28, 2015 and will process
any validly submitted claims for payment in accordance with Alabama Medicaid regulations.
2.

PPSE represents that it has complied, and will continue to comply with Alabama

Administrative Code 420-5-1.03(5)(e) regarding the examination and disposal of fetal tissue.
3.

PPSE represents that it does not offer tissue-donation services to its patients, and,

accordingly, does not receive reimbursement for tissue donation.

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4.

PPSE represents that it is a separate corporate entity from the Planned Parenthood

affiliates outside Alabama about which the Governor and Commissioner expressed concern in
their opposition to Plaintiffs motion for preliminary injunction.
5.

The parties have resolved all issues of attorneys fees, costs and expenses

Defendants will pay Plaintiffs counsel fifty one thousand, nine dollars and eighty nine cents
($51,009.89).
6.

Based on these representations, the parties jointly move the Court to enter the

final proposed order attached as Exhibit A.

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Dated: November 30, 2015.

Respectfully Submitted,

Carrie Y. Flaxman*
Pennsylvania State Bar No. 78575
PLANNED PARENTHOOD
FEDERATION OF AMERICA
1110 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 973-4830
carrie.flaxman@ppfa.org

/s/ Randall C. Marshall

Randall C. Marshall
ASB-3023-A56M
ACLU FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA, INC.
P.O. Box 6179
Montgomery, AL 36106-0179
rmarshall@aclualabama.org
(334) 420-1741

Melissa Cohen*
New York Bar Number 4782918
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
OF AMERICA
434 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
(212) 261-4649
melissa.cohen@ppfa.org

Brigitte Amiri*
New York Bar Number 3017167
ACLU FOUNDATION
Jennifer Dalven*
New York Bar Number 2784452
ACLU FOUNDATION
125 Broad Street, 18th FL
New York, NY 10004
bamiri@aclu.org
jdalven@aclu.org
212-549-2633
Attorneys for the Plaintiff
*Admitted pro hac vice

/s/ John C. Neiman, Jr.

John C. Neiman, Jr.
Scott S. Brown
Prim Formby Escalona
Kasdin M. Mitchell
MAYNARD COOPER & GALE P.C.
1901 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 2400
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
jneiman@maynardcooper.com
Telephone: (205) 254-1000
Facsimile: (205) 254-1999

David B. Byrne, Jr.

Office of the Governor
Alabama State Capitol
600 Dexter Avenue, Room NB-05
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
334-242-7120
david.byrne@governor.alabama.gov
Attorneys for Defendant Governor Robert
Bentley

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/s/ James W. Davis

James W. Davis
Misty Messick
Assistant Attorneys General
STATE OF ALABAMA
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
501 Washington Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36130-0152
(334) 242-7300
(334) 353-8440 (fax)
jimdavis@ago.state.al.us
mmessick@ago.state.al.us
Attorneys for Defendant Commissioner Stephanie McGee Azar