Mar 29, 2005 / 22:00 pm
With time running out for the family of brain-damaged Terri Schiavo, who today enters her 13th day without food and water, a glimmer of hope has emerged. An Atlanta federal appeals court has agreed to consider an emergency petition filed by Schiavo’s parents.
Late last night, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that it would consider a new hearing to reinsert a feeding tube which was removed by court order on March 18th, but was unclear as to when they would make the decision.
The court allowed Bob and Mary Schindler, Terri’s parents to file the emergency request even though they had originally set a March 26th deadline for doing so.
Although the court turned down the Schindler’s requests twice last week, the one-sentence order issued last night simply stated, “The Appellant's emergency motion for leave to file out of time is granted.”