11th Circuit denies appeal in 2:1 vote.
TAMPA, March 23 -- A federal appeals court early Wednesday morning denied a request to resume feeding a brain-damaged Florida woman, but her parents vowed to quickly seek relief from the Supreme Court in their efforts to keep their daughter alive.
Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was removed under state court order last Friday. Her parents, Robert and Mary Schindler, with the backing of emergency legislation passed by Congress over the weekend and signed by President Bush, have been seeking a decision from a federal court to reverse the action while they continue their legal battle. They are pitted against Schiavo's husband, Michael Schiavo, who has argued that his wife said she would not want to be kept alive in such circumstances.
A panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, in a 2-to-1 decision released about 2:30 a.m., refused to take that action and upheld a ruling Tuesday by a federal circuit court judge.
The 32 page ruling is [link|http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/200511556.pdf|here] (.pdf) - the site is busy.
Cheers,
Scott.