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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
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United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Filed April 4, 2000

No. 98-5530

Brett C. Kimberlin,

Appellee

v.

J. Michael Quinlan, et al.,

Appellants

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia

(No. 90cv01549)

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On Appellants' Petition for Rehearing En Banc

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BEFORE: Edwards, Chief Judge; Silberman, Williams,

Ginsburg, Sentelle, Henderson, Randolph, Rogers, Tatel and

Garland, Circuit Judges.

O R D E R

Appellants' petition for rehearing en banc and the response

thereto have been circulated to the full court. The taking of

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a vote was requested. Thereafter, a majority of the judges of

the court in regular, active service did not vote in favor of the

petition. Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is

ORDERED that the petition be denied.

Per Curiam

FOR THE COURT:

Mark J. Langer, Clerk

Circuit Judges Sentelle and Garland did not participate

in the matter.

A statement of Circuit Judge Henderson dissenting from

the denial of rehearing en banc is attached.

Henderson, Circuit Judge, dissenting:

I dissent from the denial of the appellants' petition for

rehearing en banc for the reasons set forth in my panel

dissent. See Kimberlin v. Quinlan, 199 F.3d 496, 504-06

(D.C. Cir. 1999). Because the record, viewed in the light

most favorable to the appellee, does not establish a constitutional violation, the appellants are entitled to qualified immunity and we should therefore reverse the district court flat

out. See Siegert v. Gilley, 500 U.S. 226 (1991). Instead we

remand for the appellee to resume his quest for evidence of

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an imagined wrong. So doing, we waste the time and resources of all involved.

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