IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

No. 96-6213

LYDIA KAY ONISHEA; RENEE BROWN; CARRIE WHITE; ARTHUR HOWARD; ARION DAVIS, et al.,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

versus

JOE S. HOPPER, Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Corrections; SHIRLIE LOBMILLER, Warden of the Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women; STEVE DEES, Warden of the Limestone Correctional Facility; LYNN HARRELSON, Warden of the Kilby Prison; CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE, INC., Health care provider of the Alabama Department of Corrections, et al.,

Defendants-Appellees,

STEWART M. HUGHEY; ADAM LAMAR ROBINSON; CHUCK STOUDEMIRE,

Intervening Defendants- Appellees.

-------------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama --------------------------

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Opinion November 4, 1997, 11th Cir., ___F.3rd___)

(January 23, 1998)

Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT, HULL and MARCUS, Circuit Judges.* B Y T H E C O U R T :

A member of this court in active service having requested a poll

on the suggestion 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.

______________________ *Senior U. S. Circuit Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch has elected to not participate in further proceedings in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(c).