Facebook was denied its request for an en banc hearing that could have halted the $35 billion class action lawsuit against it. Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/18/facebook-35-billion-lawsuit/
Facebook Facial Recognition $35B Class Action Lawsuit Proceeds
1. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
NIMESH PATEL, Individually and on
Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated; et
al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
FACEBOOK, INC.,
Defendant-Appellant.
No. 18-15982
D.C. No. 3:15-cv-03747-JD
Northern District of California,
San Francisco
ORDER
Before: GOULD and IKUTA, Circuit Judges, and PEARSON,*
District Judge.
Judge Gould and Judge Ikuta voted to deny the petition for rehearing en
banc and Judge Pearson so recommended. The petition for rehearing en banc was
circulated to the judges of the court, and no judge requested a vote for en banc
consideration.
The petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED.
FILED
OCT 18 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
*
The Honorable Benita Y. Pearson, United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Ohio, sitting by designation.
Case: 18-15982, 10/18/2019, ID: 11469214, DktEntry: 105, Page 1 of 1