Case Name: Margaret WITT, Major, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF The AIR FORCE; Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense; Michael B. Donley, Secretary, Department of the Air Force; Mary L. Walker, Colonel, Commander, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, McChord AFB, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-12-04
Citations: 548 F.3d 1264
Docket Number: No. 06-35644
Parties: Margaret WITT, Major, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF The AIR FORCE; Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense; Michael B. Donley, Secretary, Department of the Air Force; Mary L. Walker, Colonel, Commander, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, McChord AFB, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, Senior Circuit Judge, SUSAN P. GRABER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 548
Pages: 1264–1280

Head Matter:
Margaret WITT, Major, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPARTMENT OF The AIR FORCE; Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense; Michael B. Donley, Secretary, Department of the Air Force; Mary L. Walker, Colonel, Commander, 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, McChord AFB, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 06-35644.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Dec. 4, 2008.
Aaron H. Caplan, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, CA, James E. Lobsenz, Nichole D. McCraw, Carney Badley Spell-man, PS, Sarah A. Dunne, Esq., ACLU of Washington, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Jonathan F. Cohn, Peter J. Phipps, DOJ - U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Marion J. Mittet, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Seattle, WA, Anthony J. Steinmeyer, Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., Henry Charles Whitaker, DOJ - U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: WILLIAM C. CANBY, Senior Circuit Judge, SUSAN P. GRABER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.
Robert M. Gates is substituted for his predecessor Donald H. Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense. Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).
Michael B. Donley is substituted for his predecessor, Michael W. Wynne, as Secretary of the Air Force. Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).

Opinion:
Order; Dissent by Judge O'SCANNLAIN; Dissent by Judge KLEINFELD; Dissent by Judge KOZINSKI.
ORDER
The panel voted to deny the Appellees' Petition for Rehearing.
The full court has been advised of the Petition for Rehearing En Banc. A judge of the court requested a vote on whether to rehear the case en banc. However, the en banc call failed to receive a majority of votes of the nonrecused active judges in favor of en banc consideration. Fed. R.App. P. 35.
The Appellees' Petition for Rehearing and the Petition for Rehearing En Banc are DENIED.