HLD-008 (*AMENDED) NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 12-2713 ___________

IN RE: ERIC RAMPERT, Petitioner ____________________________________

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Related to M.D.Pa. 11-cv-01370) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. July 19, 2012

Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, ALDISERT and GARTH, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed: August 30, 2012) _________

OPINION _________

PER CURIAM

Eric Rampert petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus compelling the United

States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to rule on a habeas corpus

petition. We will dismiss the petition as moot.

In June of 2011, Rampert filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania responded on August 17, 2011, and

1 Rambert filed a traverse on August 26, 2011. On June 20, 2012, Rambert filed a petition

with this Court seeking a writ of mandamus directing the District Court to rule on his

petition. He later filed a motion for appointment of counsel.

On August 1, 2012, the District Court issued an order denying Rambert’s petition.

Accordingly, Rambert’s mandamus petition is moot and we will therefore dismiss it. See

In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Prod. Liab. Litig.,

(3d Cir. 1996). The request

for appointment of counsel is denied.

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