Case Name: Hilda M. GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-10-07
Citations: 621 F.3d 1363
Docket Number: No. 2009-5045
Parties: Hilda M. GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, PLAGER, LOURIE, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, DYK, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Claims Reporter
Volume: 95
Pages: 1363–1366

Head Matter:
Hilda M. GRIFFIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 2009-5045.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
Oct. 7, 2010.
Robert E. Rigrish, Bodker, Ramsey, Andrews, Winograd & Wildstein, P.C., of Atlanta, Georgia, filed a petition for rehearing en banc for plaintiff-appellant.
Kenneth S. Kessler, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, filed a response to the petition for defendant-appellee. With him on the response were Tony West, Assis tant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson, Director, and Harold D. Lester, Jr., Assistant Director.
Before RADER, Chief Judge, NEWMAN, PLAGER, LOURIE, BRYSON, GAJARSA, LINN, DYK, PROST, and MOORE, Circuit Judges.
Judge Plager participated only in the decision on the petition for panel rehearing.

Opinion:
PLAGER, Circuit Judge, with whom NEWMAN, Circuit Judge, joins, responding to the decision of the court to deny panel rehearing and rehearing en banc.
GAJARSA and LINN, Circuit Judges, dissent, without opinion, from the denial of the petition for rehearing en banc.
Prior report: 590 F.3d 1291.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
PER CURIAM.
ORDER
A petition for rehearing en banc was filed by the Plaintiff-Appellant, and a response thereto was invited by the court and filed by the Defendant-Appellee. The petition for rehearing was referred to the panel that heard the appeal, and thereafter the petition for rehearing en banc and the response were referred to the circuit judges who are authorized to request a poll whether to rehear the appeal en banc. A poll was requested, taken, and failed.
Upon consideration thereof,
It Is OrdeRed That:
(1) The petition of Plaintiff-Appellant for panel rehearing is denied.
(2) The petition of Plaintiff-Appellant for rehearing en banc is denied.
(3)The mandate of the court will issue on October 14, 2010.