While the case was on appeal to the Ninth Circuit, on July 3, 2012, the DOJ asked the Supreme Court to review the case before the Ninth Circuit decides it so it can be heard together with two other cases in which DOMA Section 3 was held unconstitutional, "Gill v. Office of Personnel Management" and "Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services". The Supreme Court chose to hear "Windsor" instead of these cases, and following the Supreme Court decision in "Windsor" the Ninth Circuit dismissed the appeal in "Golinski" with the consent of all parties on July 23.