Court Opinion

ID: 9553266
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 19:26:58.517189+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:30:35.567228
License: Public Domain

ROBERT A. KATZMANN, Circuit Judge,
with whom
Judge POOLER, Judge SACK, Judge SOTOMAYOR, and Judge B.D. PARKER join, concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc:
I concur in the denial of rehearing en banc, consistent with our Circuit’s longstanding tradition of general deference to panel adjudication — a tradition which holds whether or not the judges of the Court agree with the panel’s disposition of the matter before it. Throughout our history, *90we have proceeded to a full hearing en banc only in rare and exceptional circumstances. See Wilfred Feinberg, Unique Customs and Practices of The Second Circuit, 14 Hofstra L.Rev. 297, 311-12 (1986). The Supreme Court now has before it a petition for certiorari in this case, which I recognize presents difficult issues. As the Supreme Court decides whether to grant certiorari, it has for its review the district court’s opinion, the panel’s per curiam opinion, and opinions concurring with and dissenting from the decision denying rehearing en banc. The issues are therefore sharply defined for the Supreme Court’s consideration of whether to grant certiorari.