U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2025

Ambler v. Nissen

Ambler v. Nissen
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided January 2, 2025

Ambler v. Nissen

Opinion

Case: 23-50696 Document: 149-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 01/02/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ___________ FILED January 2, 2025 No. 23-50696 Lyle W. Cayce ___________ Clerk Javier Ambler, Sr., individually, on behalf of all wrongful death beneficiaries of Javier Ambler, II, on behalf of the Estate of Javier Ambler, II, and as next friends of J.R.A., a minor child; Maritza Ambler, individually, on behalf of all wrongful death beneficiaries of Javier Ambler, II, on behalf of the Estate of Javier Ambler, II, and as next friends of J.R.A., a minor child; Michelle Beitia, as next friend J.A.A., a minor child; Javier Ambler, II, Estate of Javier Ambler, II, Plaintiffs—Appellees, versus Michael Nissen, Defendant—Appellant. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas USDC No. 1:20-CV-1068 ______________________________ ON PETITION FOR REHEARING EN BANC Before Smith, Wiener, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam: Treating the petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing (5th Cir. R. 35 I.O.P.), the petition for panel rehearing is Case: 23-50696 Document: 149-1 Page: 2 Date Filed: 01/02/2025 No. 23-50696

DENIED. The petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED because, at the request of one of its members, the court was polled, and a majority did not vote in favor of rehearing (Fed. R. App. P. 35 and 5th Cir. R. 35).

In the en banc poll, eight judges voted in favor of rehearing, Judges Jones, Smith, Richman, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, and Wilson, and nine judges voted against rehearing, Chief Judge Elrod, and Judges Stewart, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Willett, Douglas, and Ramirez.

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