Opinions of the United 2007 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

12-17-2007

In Re: Jarvis Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 07-4270

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT __________

No. 07-4270 ___________

IN RE: KITSON B. JARVIS, Petitioner

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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the District Court of the Virgin Islands (Related to Civ. No. 06-cv-00031) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. November 16, 2007 Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges (Filed December 17, 2007) ___________

OPINION ___________

PER CURIAM.

On February 22, 2006, pro se petitioner, Kitson B. Jarvis, filed a petition for writ

of habeas corpus in the District Court of the Virgin Islands. Three months later, Jarvis

filed a motion for an order to show cause why relief should not be granted. On November

7, 2007, when over a year had gone by without any action in his case, Jarvis filed the

present petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the District Court to rule upon

his petition.

By order entered December 11, 2007, the District Court entered an order

1 dismissing Jarvis’s habeas petition for lack of jurisdiction. Because Jarvis has now

received the relief he sought in filing his mandamus petition—namely, a ruling on his

habeas corpus petition—we will deny his mandamus petition as moot.

2