[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 108 (Wednesday, June 7, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 26516]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11798]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Drug Enforcement Administration

[Docket No. 16-6]


Patricia A. Newton, M.D.; Order

    On review of the record, I noted that the expiration date of 
Respondent's Certificate of Registration was October 31, 2016. GX 1. I 
therefore took official notice of the Agency's registration records for 
Respondent to determine if she has filed a renewal application. 
According to the Agency's records, Respondent had not filed a renewal 
application whether timely or not.
    Accordingly, on May 7, 2017, I issued an order directing the 
parties to address whether this case is now moot and provided the 
parties with seven calendar days to file their submissions. Order, at 1 
(May 7, 2017). While the Government filed a response to my order, 
Respondent has not.
    In its Response, the Government acknowledges that Respondent's 
registration has expired and states that ``there is no record of any 
subsequent renewal application being filed for this registration.'' 
Certification of Registration History (May 15, 2017). Noting that there 
is neither a registration nor an application (whether timely or not) to 
act upon, the Government moves that this case be declared moot and that 
the Order to Show Cause be dismissed. Gov. Resp. to Order, at 1 
(citing, inter alia, Amy S. Benjamin, 77 FR 72408 (2012); Ronald J. 
Riegel, 63 FR 67132, 67133 (1998)).
    There being no showing of any collateral consequence which 
precludes a finding of mootness, I grant the Government's motion and 
dismiss the Order to Show Cause.

    Dated: May 30, 2017.
Chuck Rosenberg,
Acting Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2017-11798 Filed 6-6-17; 8:45 am]
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