Case Name: FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., et al., Appellants v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-08-16
Citations: 652 F.3d 42
Docket Number: No. 09-5448
Parties: FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., et al., Appellants v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.
Judges: Before: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG, HENDERSON, ROGERS, TATEL, GARLAND, BROWN , GRIFFITH, and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 652
Pages: 42–44

Head Matter:
FORSYTH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., et al., Appellants v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Appellee.
No. 09-5448.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Aug. 16, 2011.
Harold G. Belkowitz, James P. Holloway, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, PC, Washington, DC, Robert E. Mazer, Esquire, Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, PC, Baltimore, MD, for Appellants.
Janice L. Hoffman, Associate General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS), Office of the General Counsel, Baltimore, MD, Ronald C. Machen, Jr., Esquire, U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC, Joel McElvain, Senior Counsel, Michael S. Raab, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Appellee.
Before: SENTELLE, Chief Judge, and GINSBURG, HENDERSON, ROGERS, TATEL, GARLAND, BROWN , GRIFFITH, and KAVANAUGH, Circuit Judges.
A statement by Circuit Judge Brown, dissenting from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc, is attached.

Opinion:
ORDER
Appellants' petition for rehearing en banc and the response thereto were circulated to the full court, and a vote was requested. Thereafter, a majority of the judges eligible to participate did not vote in favor of the petition. Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is
ORDERED that the petition be denied.