Case Name: Robert M. NELSON; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the United States; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-06-04
Citations: 568 F.3d 1028
Docket Number: No. 07-56424
Parties: Robert M. NELSON; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the United States; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before DAVID R. THOMPSON and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD C. REED, JR., District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 568
Pages: 1028–1054

Head Matter:
Robert M. NELSON; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, an Agency of the United States; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 07-56424.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
June 4, 2009.
Virginia Keeny, Esquire, Dan Stormer, Hadsell Stormer Keeny Richardson & Renick, LLP, Pasadena, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Wendy Ertmer, Esquire, Vesper Mei, Esquire, Mark B. Stern, Melissa N. Patterson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Mark T. Cramer, Mark Charles Holscher, Esquire, Alexander Pilmer, Esquire, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Jennifer Granick, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae.
Before DAVID R. THOMPSON and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD C. REED, JR., District Judge.
The Honorable Edward C. Reed, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
Order; Concurrence by Judge WARDLAW; Dissent by Judge CALLAHAN; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD; Dissent by Chief Judge KOZINSKI.
ORDER
Judges Thompson, Wardlaw, and Reed voted to deny Appellees' petition for panel rehearing. Judge Wardlaw voted to deny Appellees' petition for rehearing en banc, and Judges Thompson and Reed so recommended.
The full court was advised of the petition for rehearing en banc. A judge requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. The matter failed to receive a majority of the votes of the nonrecused active judges in favor of en banc reconsideration. Fed. RApp. P. 35. Judges O'Scannlain and Ikuta were recused.
The petition for rehearing en banc is denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.