Kaiser Foundation Hospitals v. Michael O. Leavitt

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITALS, a  California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation, DBA Kaiser No. 09-56200 Foundation Hospital-Anaheim, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  2:08-cv-02129- DDP-PJW KATHLEEN SEBELIUS,* Secretary of OPINION the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Dean D. Pregerson, District Judge, Presiding Argued and Submitted November 1, 2010—Pasadena, California Filed June 15, 2011 Before:…