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NOT FOR PUBLICATION                           FILED
                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS                        MAR 1 2023
                                                                      MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
                                                                       U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

RANDALL MENGES,                                 No.    21-35370

                Plaintiff-Appellee,             D.C. No. 9:20-cv-00178-DLC

 v.
                                                MEMORANDUM*
AUSTIN KNUDSEN, Attorney General for
the State of Montana; et al.,

                Defendants-Appellants.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                            for the District of Montana
                   Dana L. Christensen, District Judge, Presiding

                       Argued and Submitted May 11, 2022
                       Submission Vacated August 8, 2022
                         Resubmitted February 27, 2023
                                Portland, Oregon

Before: BERZON, TALLMAN, and CHRISTEN, Circuit Judges.

      In light of Plaintiff Menges’ settlement agreement with the State of Idaho,

the Montana Attorney General requests that we dismiss this appeal as moot and

vacate the district court’s judgment. The Attorney General represents that because

Menges is no longer required to register in Idaho, Montana will no longer require

      *
             This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
him to register pursuant to Mont. Code Ann. § 46-23-502(9)(b). We construe the

Montana Attorney General’s representation as legally binding and, on that basis,

dismiss the appeal as moot. We decline to vacate the district court’s opinion. See

U.S. Bancorp Mortg. Co. v. Bonner Mall P’ship, 513 U.S. 18, 24–25, 29 (1994).

      DISMISSED as moot. The parties shall each bear their own costs.

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