HLD-003 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 11-4423 ___________

IN RE: JOHN DOUGLAS PARKER, Petitioner ____________________________________

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to E.D. Pa. Crim. No. 5-08-cr-00534-001) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. December 22, 2011

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

(Opinion filed: October 10, 2012) _________

OPINION _________

PER CURIAM

Petitioner John Douglas Parker filed a petition for writ of mandamus on December

15, 2011, asking us to order the District Court to render a decision on his motion to

vacate his sentence under

. Parker’s § 2255 motion, filed in July 2010,

had been ripe for disposition since October 2010.

By order entered December 19, 2011, the District Court dismissed Parker’s § 2255

motion, declined to issue a certificate of appealability, and closed Parker’s case. Because the District Court granted Parker the relief he requested in his mandamus petition—a

decision on his § 2255 motion—his mandamus petition has been rendered moot, and we

will deny it accordingly.

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