2 BATES V. PAKSERESHT
Filed February 13, 2026 Before: Michael Daly Hawkins, Richard R. Clifton, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
A judge of this court sua sponte requested a vote on whether to rehear this case en banc. A vote was taken, and the matter failed to receive a majority of the votes of the nonrecused active judges in favor of en banc consideration. See Fed. R. App. P. 40.
Rehearing en banc is DENIED.
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