Case Name: Michael A. NEWDOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. CONGRESS; United States of America; George W. Bush, President of the United States; State of California; Elk Grove Unified School District; David W. Gordon, Superintendent EGUSD; Sacramento City Unified School District; Jim Sweeney, Superintendent SCUSD, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-06-26
Citations: 328 F.3d 466
Docket Number: No. 00-16423
Parties: Michael A. NEWDOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. CONGRESS; United States of America; George W. Bush, President of the United States; State of California; Elk Grove Unified School District; David W. Gordon, Superintendent EGUSD; Sacramento City Unified School District; Jim Sweeney, Superintendent SCUSD, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 328
Pages: 466–493

Head Matter:
Michael A. NEWDOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. CONGRESS; United States of America; George W. Bush, President of the United States; State of California; Elk Grove Unified School District; David W. Gordon, Superintendent EGUSD; Sacramento City Unified School District; Jim Sweeney, Superintendent SCUSD, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 00-16423.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 14, 2002.
Filed June 26, 2002.
Amended Feb. 28, 2003.
Michael Newdow, Sacramento, California, pro se.
Kristin S. Door, Assistant United States Attorney, Sacramento, California, Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for federal government defendants-appellees; A. Irving Scott, Terence J. Cassidy, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, California, for school district defendants-appellees.
Before: GOODWIN, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.
George W. Bush is substituted for his predecessor, William Jefferson Clinton, as President of the United States. Fed. R.App. P. 43(c)(2).

Opinion:
Opinion by Judge GOODWIN; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FERNANDEZ.
ORDER
The opinion filed June 26, 2002 [292 F.3d 597 ], is ordered amended. The Clerk is instructed to file the amended opinion with Judge Fernandez's amended concurrence/dissent. Judge Reinhardt's concurrence in the order denying rehearing en banc, along with Judge O'Scann-lain's and Judge McKeown's dissent from that order shall also be filed.
The Clerk is also instructed not to accept for filing any new petitions for rehearing and petitions for rehearing en banc in this case.
With the opinion thus amended, the panel has voted unanimously to deny the petitions for rehearing.
The full court has been advised of the petitions for rehearing en banc. An active 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 consideration. Fed. RApp. P. 35.
The petitions for rehearing are DENIED and the petitions for rehearing en banc are DENIED.
See amended opinion by Judge Goodwin infra.