California letter notifying the Court of the First Circuit stay denial

… E-Mail: Ian.Fein@doj.ca.gov Sept. 10, 2026 By Electronic Filing Hon. Scott S. Harris Office of the Clerk of Court Supreme Court of the United States 1 First Street, NE Washington, DC 20543 RE: United States Postal Service, et al. v. California, et al., No. 26A305 Dear Mr. Harris: Today, the First Circuit issued an order denying defendants’ and intervenors’ requested stay of the preliminary injunction. With respect to the likelihood of success on the merits, the First Circuit reasoned that Congress did not authorize the challenged USPS rule through “the ‘wafer-thin reed’ of a general grant of authority to manage the postal system.” Order at 6 (quoting Biden v. Nebraska, 600 U.S. 477, 499 (2023)). As to the equities, the First Circuit …