What the panel ordered
Order Granting Reconsideration dated July 31, 2023 vacated; Petition for Reconsideration dismissed as moot
Petition for Reconsideration filed April 3, 2023; Decision After Reconsideration issued March 20, 2023; Order Granting Reconsideration issued July 31, 2023; matter pending reconsideration when parties settled
What was disputed, and how it came out
Each issue the panel decided, with the reasoning it gave. An outcome is what this panel did on this record — not a rule, and not a prediction.
The petition became moot due to the parties reaching a settlement while the matter was pending reconsideration, leading to dismissal of the petition.
From the decision · page 1On July 31, 2023, we issued an Opinion and Order Granting Reconsideration (Order) following applicant's April 3, 2023 Petition for Reconsideration (Petition) of our March 20, 2023 Opinion and Order Granting Reconsideration and Decision After Reconsideration (Decision). It has come to the attention of the Appeals Board that while this matter has been pending on reconsideration, the parties reached a settlement.
The facts that decided it
What the panel treated as outcome-determinative, and which side it favoured.