Case Name: Joyce ATKINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1987-03-27
Citations: 813 F.2d 1006
Docket Number: No. 85-2200
Parties: Joyce ATKINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before NELSON, CANBY and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 813
Pages: 1006–1006

Head Matter:
Joyce ATKINSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 85-2200.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
March 27, 1987.
Allan S. Haley, Nevada City, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.
Mark J. Bennett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee.
Before NELSON, CANBY and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
Judges Nelson and Canby voted to deny the petition for rehearing and to reject the suggestion for rehearing en banc. Judge Noonan votes to grant the petition for rehearing and to reject the suggestion for rehearing en banc. The opinion filed November 14, 1986 is amended on pg. 9, Ins. 2-4, suggested by Judge Canby, as follows:
"Thus, in treating Atkinson for complications of her pregnancy, Atkinson's doctor was implementing decisions of military judgment only in the remotest sense."