Opinion ID: 737473
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: ORDER January 13, 1997

Text: 2 The opinion filed September 6, 1996, is amended as follows: 3 1) In the reported opinion, at 96 F.3d 359, 363 (9th Cir.1996), add the following sentence to the end of the first partial paragraph: 4 Nominal damages is not limited to an award in the amount of $1, but includes an award that may properly be classified as de minimis. 5 With this amendment to the opinion, a majority of the panel has voted to deny the petition for rehearing and to reject the suggestion for rehearing en banc. 6 The full court was advised of the suggestion 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 or rehearing en banc. Fed.R.App.P. 35. 7 The petition for rehearing is DENIED and the suggestion for rehearing en banc is REJECTED.