Federal Judiciary

Surprisingly, someone did not share our view of Tran -- an en banc call went out. Today, happily, the Tran panel was vindicated: the petition for rehearing en banc was denied. See order here. Judges Gould, O'Scannlain, Kleinfeld, Tallman, Bybee, Callahan and Bea were less Tran-sfixed with the opinion and dissented from the order denying rehearing.

Now, let us all whistle collectively past the cert. graveyard . . .

Steven Kalar, Senior Litigator N.D. Cal. FPD. Website at www.ndcalfpd.org

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Full post as published by Ninth Circuit Blog on October 23, 2009 (boomark / email).