Nov 18 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. states can intervene

in a case over Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's ( HPE ) $14 billion

acquisition of Juniper Networks, which the U.S.

Department of Justice has proposed to settle and let the deal

move forward, a judge said during a hearing on Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Casey Pitts in San Jose, California said

Colorado and a other states can weigh in on the deal, but did

not decide whether he will probe the circumstances under which

it was reached, which the states have called suspicious.