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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH DIVISION

TEXAS, § WISCONSIN, § ALABAMA, § ARKANSAS § ARIZONA, § FLORIDA § GEORGIA, § INDIANA, § KANSAS, § LOUISIANA, § PAUL LePAGE, Governor of Maine, § MISSISSIPPI, by and through § Governor Phil Bryant, § MISSOURI, § NEBRASKA, § NORTH DAKOTA § SOUTH CAROLINA, § SOUTH DAKOTA, § , § UTAH, § WEST VIRGINIA § Plaintiffs, § § v. § Civil Action No. 4:18-cv-00167-O § UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, § UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT § OF HEALTH AND HUMAN § SERVICES, ALEX AZAR, § in his Official Capacity as § SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND § HUMAN SERVICES, UNITED § STATES INTERNAL REVENUE § SERVICE, and DAVID J. KAUTTER, § in his Official Capacity as Acting § COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL § REVENUE, § Defendants. §

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NOTICE OF APPEARANCE OF COUNSEL

The Clerk of Court is respectfully requested to enter appearance in this case as co-counsel on behalf of the Plaintiffs. I request that a copy of all papers served or filed in this action be forwarded to: Austin R. Nimocks Special Counsel for Civil Litigation Texas Bar No. 24002695 ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS P. O. Box 12548, Mail Code 001 Austin, Texas 78711-2548 512-936-1414 phone [email protected]

Respectfully submitted this the 26th day of February, 2018,

BRAD SCHIMEL Attorney General of Wisconsin Attorney General of Texas STEVE MARSHALL JEFFREY C. MATEER Attorney General of Alabama First Assistant Attorney General BRANTLEY D. STARR Attorney General of Arkansas Deputy First Assistant Attorney General JAMES E. DAVIS Attorney General of Arizona Deputy Attorney General for Civil PAM BONDI Litigation Attorney General of Florida /s/ Austin R. Nimocks AUSTIN R. NIMOCKS CHRISTOPHER CARR Special Counsel for Civil Litigation Attorney General of Georgia Texas Bar No. CURTIS HILL [email protected] Attorney General of Indiana DARREN MCCARTY Special Counsel for Civil Litigation Attorney General of Kansas DAVID J. HACKER Special Counsel for Civil Litigation Attorney General of Louisiana Attorney General of Texas JOSH HAWLEY P.O. Box 12548, Mail Code 001 Attorney General of Missouri Austin, Texas 78711-2548 Tel: 512-936-1414 DOUG PETERSON Attorney General of Nebraska ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFS Attorney General of North Dakota

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ALAN WILSON Attorney General of South Carolina MARTY JACKLEY Attorney General of South Dakota HERBERT SLATERY, III Attorney General of Tennessee Attorney General of Utah Attorney General of West Virginia

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that the foregoing document was electronically filed with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to all counsel of record.

/s/ Austin R. Nimocks Austin R. Nimocks

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