OPINION

Pro se petitioner, Noel Bango, has filed a mandamus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651, wherein he apparently seeks to compel the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey to rule on a motion for emergency injunctive relief which was filed on December 28, 2010. Finding no basis for granting mandamus relief, we will deny the petition.

*137 From a review of the District Court docket, an order denying the underlying petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, as well as Bango’s motion for emergency injunctive relief, was entered by the District Court on January 3, 2011. Accordingly, Bango’s petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the District Court to dispose of his motion is moot.

To the extent Bango now wishes to challenge the District Court’s disposition of his § 2241 petition, his motion for emergency injunctive relief, or both, such review is available in the form of an appeal to this Court. Of course, a notice of appeal from the District Court’s January 3, 2011 order had to be filed within the time prescribed by Fed. R.App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), i.e., within 60 days of the date of entry of the judgment or order appealed. If petitioner believes that the appeal period should be extended or reopened, he should promptly file the appropriate motion in the District Court. See Fed. RApp. P. 4(a)(5) and 4(a)(6).

For the foregoing reason, the petition for a writ of mandamus will be denied.