Mealey's (May 24, 2022, 8:45 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 23 requested a response from the federal government to a petition for rehearing en banc filed May 21 by a federal employee union, federal employees and others suing over an executive order (EO) requiring federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or obtain an exemption; the petition was filed after a divided panel vacated a Texas federal court’s injunction of the executive order and remanded with instructions to dismiss but denied as moot a motion to stay sought by the federal government....