( July 9, 2026, 1:36 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a petition for en banc rehearing of a case that involves discovery, vacating a 2-1 ruling; dissenting, the circuit judge who wrote that ruling noted that more than three decades have passed since the underlying murder was committed and opined that the appellate court wrongly “dithers with a routine discovery dispute in a collateral proceeding involving a draconian order, issued to a non-party, that is unreasonably burdensome and violates the work-product privilege.”...