FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 03 2014

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

UNITED STATES ex rel. STEVEN J. No. 12-55396 HARTPENCE, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-01885-GHK- Plaintiff - Appellant, AGR

v.

KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI- ORDER USA, INC.,

Defendants - Appellees.

UNITED STATES ex rel. GERALDINE No. 12-56117 GODECKE, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-06403-GHK- Plaintiff - Appellant, AGR

v.

KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI- USA, INC.,

Defendants - Appellees.

THOMAS, Chief Judge:

Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that Page 2 this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a)

and Circuit Rule 35-3.