Case: Matt SISSEL, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Appellees
Abbreviation: Sissel v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
Decision Date: 2015-08-07
Docket Number: No. 13-5202
Citation: 419 U.S. App. D.C. 1
Volume: 419
Reporter: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Matt SISSEL, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Appellees.
Judges: Before: GARLAND, Chief Judge; HENDERSON , ROGERS, TATEL, BROWN , GRIFFITH , KAVANAUGH , SRINIVASAN, MILLETT, PILLARD and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.
Pages: 1–31

Head Matter:
799 F.3d 1035
Matt SISSEL, Appellant v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, et al., Appellees.
No. 13-5202.
United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
Aug. 7, 2015.
Theodore Hadzi-Antich, Paul James Beard, II, Timothy Mason Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for Appellant.
Alisa B. Klein, Mark B. Stem, Beth S. Brinkmann, Doj Appellate Counsel, Stuart F. Delery, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Ronald C. Machen, Jr., Esquire, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC, for Appellees.
Before: GARLAND, Chief Judge; HENDERSON , ROGERS, TATEL, BROWN , GRIFFITH , KAVANAUGH , SRINIVASAN, MILLETT, PILLARD and WILKINS, Circuit Judges.
Circuit Judges HENDERSON, BROWN, GRIFFITH, and KAVANAUGH would grant the petition.

Opinion:
ORDER
Appellant's petition for rehearing en banc, the response thereto, and the briefs of amici curiae in support of appellant were circulated to the full court, and a vote was requested. Thereafter a majority of the judges of the court in regular, active service did not vote in favor of the petition. Upon consideration of the foregoing, it is
ORDERED that the petition be denied.
A statement by Circuit Judges ROGERS, PILLARD, and WILKINS, concurring in the denial of rehearing en banc, is attached.
A statement by Circuit Judge KAVANAUGH, with whom Circuit Judges HENDERSON, BROWN, and GRIFFITH join, dissenting from the denial of rehearing en banc, is attached.