Atkinson v. United States

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided March 27, 1987.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1987-03-27

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Decided 1987-03-27

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¶1Allan S. Haley, Nevada City, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

¶2Mark J. Bennett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellee.

¶3Before NELSON, CANBY and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.

¶4ORDER

¶5Judges Nelson and Canby voted to deny the petition for rehearing and to reject the suggestion for rehearing en banc. Judge Noonan votes to grant the petition for rehearing and to reject the suggestion for rehearing en banc. The opinion filed November 14, 1986 is amended on pg. 9, Ins. 2-4, suggested by Judge Canby, as follows:

“Thus, in treating Atkinson for complications of her pregnancy, Atkinson’s doctor was implementing decisions of military judgment only in the remotest sense.”