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handle is hein.preview/supapbuv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Nos. 21-376 & 21-377
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DEB HAALAND, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, et al.,
Petitioners,
V.
CHAD EVERET BRACKEEN, et al.,
Respondents.
ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI
TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
BRIEF FOR THE STATES OF CALIFORNIA, ALASKA,
ARIZONA, COLORADO, CONNECTICUT, IDAHO, ILLINOIS,
IOWA, MAINE, MASSACHUSETTS, MICHIGAN, MINNESOTA,
NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH
CAROLINA, OREGON, PENNSYLVANIA, RHODE ISLAND,
UTAH, VIRGINIA, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, AND
WISCONSIN, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS AMICI
CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONERS

ROB BONTA
Attorney General of California
MICHAEL L. NEWMAN
Senior Assistant
Attorney General
JAMES F. ZAHRADKA II
Supervising Deputy
Attorney General
CHRISTINA M. RIEHL
Deputy Attorney General
October 8, 2021

MICHAEL J. MONGAN
Solicitor General
JOSHUA PATASHNIK*
Deputy Solicitor General
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
455 Golden Gate Avenue,
Suite 11000
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 510-3896
Josh.Patashnik@doj .ca.gov
*Counsel of Record

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additional counsel listed on signature pages)