Irving v. United States ( 1998 )

[NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 96-2369 GAIL MERCHANT IRVING, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant, Appellee. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE [Hon. Steven J. McAuliffe, U.S. District Judge] Before Torruella, Chief Judge, Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge, Selya, Boudin, Stahl, Lynch and Lipez, Circuit Judges. Paul R. Cox, with whom Matthew B. Cox and Burns, Bryant, Hinchey, Cox & Rockefeller, P.A. were on brief, for appellant. Phyllis J. Pyles, Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, with whom Frank W. Hunger, Assistant Attorney General, Paul M. Gagnon, United States Attorney, and Jeffrey Axelrad, Attorney, Torts Branch, Civil Division, were on brief, for appellee. OPINION EN BANC December 18, 1998 Per Curiam. We dismiss this appeal as moot in view of our resolution today of the government's cross-appeal (No. 96- 2368). Dismissed.