                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

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                                     )
JACQUELINE HALBIG, et al.            )
                                     )
                Plaintiffs,          )
                                     )
       v.                            )              Civil Action No. 13-0623 (PLF)
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KATHLEEN SEBELIUS,                   )
  U.S. Secretary of Health and Human )
  Services, et al.,                  )
                                     )
                Defendants.          )
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                                            ORDER

              For the reasons stated in open court this same day, it is hereby

              ORDERED that [Dkt. No. 30] plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is

DENIED. This is an appealable order. See 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1).

              SO ORDERED.




                                            /s/_______________________________
                                            PAUL L. FRIEDMAN
DATE: October 22, 2013                      United States District Judge
