GOVERNMENT’S OPPOSITION TO BOSTON COLLEGE’S MOTION TO DISMISS ITS APPEAL AS MOOT
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT
Appeal No. 12-1236
IN RE: REQUEST FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM PURSUANT TO THE TREATY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS IN THE MATTER OF DOLOURS PRICE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Petitioner-Appellee
v.
TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE, ET AL.,
Movants-Appellants
“On January 28, 2013, Boston College filed a Notice of Suggestion of Death informing the Court of the death of Dolours Price. In the Notice, Boston College stated, without developed argument, that Price’s death required that the district court order appealed from be vacated and the appeal dismissed as moot. That claim is meritless. Price’s death does not undercut the validity of the district court’s order requiring Boston College to provide certain documents to the government in response to subpoenas issued by the United States pursuant to the Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters (“the US-UK MLAT”). As a result, Boston College’s appeal from that order continues to present a live controversy.”
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CONCLUSION
For the foregoing reasons, the government respectfully requests that Boston College’s motion to dismiss its appeal as moot be denied.
Respectfully submitted,
CARMEN M. ORTIZ
United States Attorney
By:
RANDALL E. KROMM
Assistant U.S. Attorney
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