Case Name: UNITED STATES ex rel. Steven J. HARTPENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees; United States ex rel. Geraldine Godecke, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-12-03
Citations: 772 F.3d 1183
Docket Number: Nos. 12-55396, 12-56117
Parties: UNITED STATES ex rel. Steven J. HARTPENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. United States ex rel. Geraldine Godecke, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 772
Pages: 1183–1183

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES ex rel. Steven J. HARTPENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. United States ex rel. Geraldine Godecke, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Kinetic Concepts, Inc.; KCI-USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
Nos. 12-55396, 12-56117.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Dec. 3, 2014.
Michael A. Hirst, Hirst Law Group PC, Davis, CA, Mark Irving Labaton, Esquire, Isaacs Friedberg & Labaton, Los Angeles, CA, Patrick J. O’Connell, Andrea Dawn Rose, Jan Soifer, O’Connell & Soifer LLP, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Christopher G. Oprison, Esquire, Colin V. Ram, Maya P. Florence, Counsel, Gregory M. Luce, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Washington, DC, Matthew E. Sloan, Esquire, Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for DefendantsAppellees.
D.C. No. 2:08-cv-01885-GHK-AGR, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-06403-GHK-AGR.

Opinion:
ORDER
THOMAS, Chief Judge:
Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3.