FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND;  ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE; VALERIE BUCHANAN; JANE GARRISON; NANCY MEGNA, Plaintiffs-Appellants, No. 04-15788  NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR D.C. No. BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, CV-03-03400-PJH Intervenor-Appellee, ORDER v. ANN M. VENEMAN; BOBBY R. ACORD; CHESTER A. GIPSON, Defendants-Appellees.  Filed April 6, 2007 Before: Mary M. Schroeder, Chief Judge.

ORDER Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused regular active judges of this court, it is ordered that this case be reheard by the en banc court pursuant to Circuit Rule 35-3. The three- judge panel opinion shall not be cited as precedent by or to this court or any district court of the Ninth Circuit, except to the extent adopted by the en banc court.

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