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California & Brady move for rehearing in Peruta
Story here. The three-judge panel rejected California's very late motion to intervene (and thus to appeal further when the defendant sheriff was disinclined to do so), so the State and Brady Center are asking the Ninth Circuit to hear the motion en banc.
BTW, in other circuits, en banc is en banc: if granted, all the judges of the circuit redecide the case. The 9th is so big that its en banc proceedings go to a panel of ten judges, chosen randomly, plus the chief judge.
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There have been motions to split the 9th into 2 or more Circuits but it won't happen soon.
WA, OR, ID, MT would all like to leave because the CA dominated court doesn't seem to care about these States.
The last time the idea was raised, a certain US Senator from CA objected saying the world would end if that happened (or something to that effect).
since the ninth is so big has their been any consideration of splitting it up?