Opinion
No. 98-8899
DECIDED December 6, 1999
Robert E. Toone, Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Diane Festin LaRoss, Dept. of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Peter Maier, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae/Intervenor USA.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia (No. 5:97-CV-79-4); Hugh Lawson, Judge.
(Opinion September 30, 1999, 190 F.3d 1279, 11th Cir., 1999).
Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL, MARCUS and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestions of rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
IT IS ORDERED that the above cause shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel's opinion is hereby VACATED.