United States v. (Under Seal), in Re Grand Jury Proceedings John Doe 462

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Before the court is an appeal by the government from an order of the district court disqualifying an assistant United States Attorney and two federal investigative agents from further participation in the grand jury investigation of the conduct of appellees. Because the controversy has now been mooted by events, we vacate the district court’s order and remand to that court with directions to dismiss the proceeding because of mootness.

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The grand jury investigation began in 1983 with appellees’ suspected narcotics, tax, and currency violations as its…