The lawyers for an unnamed non-Hawaiian student will file with the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals their opposition to a request by Kamehameha Schools for a rehearing on a 2-1 decision declaring that the school's admissions policy violates federal civil rights laws.

The lawyers misinterpreted an order from the appeals court issued on Thursday and thought they did not have to file a response, but Eric Grant, a Sacramento attorney representing the teenager, said they will be filing their opposing court papers next week.

Kamehameha Schools is asking for a larger panel of 11 judges to rehear the case.

The state attorney general's office and other groups have filed friends-of-the-court briefs supporting the request.

In the 2-1 decision issued Aug. 2, the majority said the school's policy bars non-Native Hawaiians from the school in violation of the federal laws.