Perez-Farias

FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS DEC 05 2011

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS

JOSE GUADALUPE PEREZ-FARIAS; No. 10-35397

JOSE F. SANCHEZ; RICARDO

BETANCOURT, and all other similarly D.C. No. 2:05-cv-03061-RHW situated persons, Eastern District of Washington, Spokane Plaintiffs - Appellants,

v. ORDER

GLOBAL HORIZONS, INC; JANE DOE

ORIAN; PLATTE RIVER INSURANCE

COMPANY; VALLEY FRUIT

ORCHARDS, LLC; GREEN ACRE

FARMS, INC.; MORDECHAI ORIAN,

Defendants - Appellees.

Before: CLIFTON and N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judges, and KORMAN, Senior District Judge.*

The petition for rehearing is granted. Our previous memorandum

disposition, filed on August 17, 2011, and appearing at 2011 WL 3605687 (9th

Cir. Aug. 17, 2011), is hereby withdrawn.

In light of the important and previously undecided state law issues this case

presents, we are of the opinion that “it is necessary to ascertain the local law of

* The Honorable Edward R. Korman, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court…