District of Columbia v. Donald Trump ( 2021 )

FILED: March 9, 2021
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 20-1839
(8:17-cv-01596-PJM)
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; STATE OF MARYLAND,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in his official
capacity and in his individual capacity,
Defendant - Appellant.
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SCHOLAR SETH BARRETT TILLMAN; JUDICIAL EDUCATION PROJECT,
Amici Supporting Appellant.
ORDER
The Supreme Court granted Donald J. Trump’s petition for a writ of certiorari from
earlier action in this case, vacated our earlier opinion in In re: Trump, 958 F.3d 274 (4th
Cir. 2020) (en banc), and remanded with instructions to dismiss the case as moot under
United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36, 39 (1950) (noting that the “established
practice” when a case has become moot while on appeal is “to reverse or vacate the
judgment below and remand with a direction to dismiss”). Accordingly, we dismiss this
appeal as moot, vacate the decisions below in District of Columbia v. Trump, 291 F. Supp.
3d 725 (D. Md. 2018); 315 F. Supp. 3d 875 (D. Md. 2018); and 344 F. Supp. 3d 828 (D.
Md. 2018), and remand with instructions to dismiss the case.
FOR THE COURT
/s/Patricia S. Connor
Clerk
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