Christopher C. Hambidge v. DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, Secretary of Veterans Af- fairs

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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CHRISTOPHER C. HAMBIDGE,
Claimant-Appellant
v.
DOUGLAS A. COLLINS, Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs,
Respondent-Appellee
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2024-1670
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for
Veterans Claims in No. 23-2589, Judge Joseph L. Toth,
Judge Joseph L. Falvey, Jr., and Judge Grant Jaquith.
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ON MOTION
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Before LOURIE, PROST, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
O R D E R
Christopher C. Hambidge appeals from the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims’s denial of his
petition to enjoin the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from
applying a regulation to him. Mr. Hambidge informs the
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court that the Secretary’s recent amendment to that regu-
lation gave him “the precise relief he . . . sought,” and he
therefore moves “to vacate the appealed order in this mat-
ter and to remand the case for dismissal because the appeal
has become moot.” ECF No. 38 at 6, 17; see United States
v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 40 (1950). The Secre-
tary is unopposed to the relief requested.
Upon consideration thereof,
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The motion is granted to the extent that the appeal
is dismissed, the decision of the Court of Appeals for Veter-
ans Claims is vacated, and the case is remanded with in-
structions to dismiss.
(2) Each side shall bear its own costs.
September 25, 2025
Date
FOR THE COURT
ISSUED AS A MANDATE: September 25, 2025
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