Case Name: Steven J. HATFILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, and Nicholas Kristof, Defendant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-10-18
Citations: 427 F.3d 253
Docket Number: No. 04-2561
Parties: Steven J. HATFILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Defendant—Appellee, and Nicholas Kristof, Defendant.
Judges: Judge MICHAEL and Judge KING join me in this dissent.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 427
Pages: 253–259

Head Matter:
Steven J. HATFILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Defendant—Appellee, and Nicholas Kristof, Defendant.
No. 04-2561.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Oct. 18, 2005.
Thomas Gerard Connolly, Christopher J. Wright, Patrick Pearse O’Donnell, Mark Andrew Grannis, Harris, Wiltshire & Grannis, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Jay Ward Brown, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP, Washington, DC, David A. Schulz, Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schulz, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Ap-pellee.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Appellee filed a petition for rehearing and/or rehearing en banc. Appellant filed a response to the petition.
A member of the Court requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc. The poll failed to produce a majority of judges in active service in favor of rehearing en banc. Chief Judge Wilkins and Judges Widener, Luttig, Traxler, Shedd, and Duncan voted to deny the petition. Judges Wilkinson, Niemeyer, Michael, Motz, King, and Gregory voted to grant the petition. Judge Williams did not participate in this case.
The Court denies the petition.
Judge WILKINSON filed a dissenting opinion from the order denying rehearing en banc, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge KING joined.
Entered at the direction of Judge SHEDD for the Court.