Orders and Reasons

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BRYCE REED
v.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY (FORMERLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CANADA CUSTOMS AND REVENUE AGENCY)
Appeal No. AP-2003-032

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• ORDER
• ORDER

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Ottawa, Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Appeal No. AP-2003-032

IN THE MATTER OF an appeal filed under section 67 of the Customs Act, R.S.C. 1985 (2d Supp.), c. 1;

AND IN THE MATTER OF a letter dated January 30, 2004, from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal directing Mr. Bryce Reed to show cause why the above-noted appeal should not be dismissed pursuant to paragraph 29(c) of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules.

BETWEEN

BRYCE REED Appellant

AND

THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY (FORMERLY THE COMMISSIONER OF THE CANADA CUSTOMS AND REVENUE AGENCY) Respondent

ORDER

The appeal is dismissed.

Pierre Gosselin
Pierre Gosselin
Presiding Member

Michel P. Granger
Michel P. Granger
Secretary

ORDER

WHEREAS the above-noted appeal was filed by Mr. Bryce Reed on September 13, 2003, under section 67 of the Customs Act;

AND WHEREAS Mr. Reed is self-represented on the appeal;

AND WHEREAS, by letter dated September 18, 2003, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) accepted the appeal and notified the Canada Border Services Agency;

AND WHEREAS, by letter dated December 3, 2003, the Tribunal indicated that Mr. Reed was to file his brief, pursuant to rule 34 of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal Rules (the Rules), and the Tribunal had not yet received the brief;

AND WHEREAS, by letter dated December 22, 2003, the Tribunal wrote to Mr. Reed again, since his brief had not at that time been filed, and attached a completed notice of discontinuance to be signed by Mr. Reed;

AND WHEREAS, by letter dated January 6, 2004, the Tribunal wrote to Mr. Reed and attached a second completed notice of discontinuance for Mr. Reed's signature;

AND WHEREAS, by letter dated January 30, 2004, the Tribunal directed Mr. Reed to show cause by February 20, 2004, why the appeal should not be dismissed and warned him that failure to show cause might result in the appeal being dismissed without any further proceedings;

AND WHEREAS the Tribunal received no reply to its letter of January 30, 2004, it directed Mr. Reed, by letter dated February 26, 2004, attaching previous correspondence, to advise it no later than March 11, 2004, if it was his intention to proceed with the appeal and warned Mr. Reed that failure to respond might result in the appeal being dismissed without any further proceedings;

AND WHEREAS the Tribunal received no reply to its letter of February 26, 2004, and to date Mr. Reed's brief has not been filed as directed to by the Tribunal in its letters of December 3 and 22, 2003, and January 6 and 30, 2004;

THEREFORE, the Tribunal hereby orders that the above-noted appeal be dismissed pursuant to paragraph 29(c) of the Rules.

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