Mealey's (May 31, 2018, 12:19 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — In a May 25 order, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals announced that an unidentified judge of the court has requested, sua sponte, a vote on en banc rehearing of an April ruling that a monkey lacks standing under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., to maintain an action for infringement (Naruto, a Crested Macaque, by and through his Next Friends, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Inc. v. David John Slater, et al., No. 16-15469, 9th Cir.)....