FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES EX REL. STEVEN J. No. 12-55396 HARTPENCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-01885- v. GHK-AGR KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, INC., Defendants-Appellees.

UNITED STATES EX REL. GERALDINE No. 12-56117 GODECKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:08-cv-06403- v. GHK-AGR KINETIC CONCEPTS, INC.; KCI-USA, INC., ORDER Defendants-Appellees.

Filed December 3, 2014 2 U.S. EX REL HARTPENCE V. KINETIC CONCEPTS ORDER THOMAS, Chief Judge: Upon the vote of a majority of nonrecused active judges, it is ordered that this case be reheard en banc pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 35(a) and Circuit Rule 35-3.