Hambidge v. Collins

Case: 24-1670 Document: 39 Page: 1 Filed: 09/25/2025

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential.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 ______________________

2024-1670 ______________________

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.

______________________ ON MOTION ______________________

Before LOURIE, PROST, and CHEN, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM.

ORDER

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 Case: 24-1670 Document: 39 Page: 2 Filed: 09/25/2025 2 HAMBIDGE v. COLLINS 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.

FOR THE COURT September 25, 2025

Date ISSUED AS A MANDATE: September 25, 2025