Source: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Date: 2015-04-14
Jurisdiction: United States
Docket: No. 15-1111
Citation: 599 F. App'x 423
Opinion
OPINION PER CURIAM. Jason Emanuel Smart-El filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct the District Court to rule on a motion that he had filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The District Court has since granted Smart-El’s § 2255 motion. In light of the District Court’s action, -the question Smart-El presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will dismiss the petition as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 975 F.2d 964, 974 (3d Cir. 1992); see also Blanciak v.
Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir.1996) (“If developments occur during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiffs personal stake in the outcome of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot.”) This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.