ORDER

Upon consideration of the letter from respondents dated April 28, 1987, advising the Court of the issuance of field sanitation standards by the Secretary of Labor, and the mandate of the Court not having issued, it is

ORDERED, by the Court, that the opinion and judgment of the Court, the concurring opinion and the opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, all filed on February 6, 1987, 811 F.2d 613, be, and the same hereby are, vacated as moot. It is

FURTHER ORDERED, by the Court, that the petition for rehearing directed to the panel is dismissed as moot.

The Clerk is directed to enter this case as terminated upon the docket of the Court and to issue a certified copy of this order to respondent in lieu of formal mandate. *891 lished right protecting him from patronage dismissal, and dismissing official was entitled to qualified immunity from liability for damages in civil rights action; discharged official’s position potentially concerned matters of partisan political interest, given Administration’s plainly political mandate and regional directors’ wide scope of authority, and involved policymaking, confidential, and official communicative tasks. 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983; U.S.C.A. Const. Amend. 1.