U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2015

In re: Mychael Saunders v.

In re: Mychael Saunders v.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided June 16, 2015 · McKee, Garth, Barry
603 F. App'x 73

In re: Mychael Saunders v.

Opinion

OPINION *

PER CURIAM.

Pro se petitioner Mychael Saunders filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking to compel the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to rule on his motion to vacate his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Thereafter, on April 15, 2015, the District Court entered an order ruling on Saunders’s § 2255 motion. In light of the District Court’s action, the case before us is no longer - a live controversy, so we will dismiss the ■petition for writ of mandamus as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 975 F.2d *74 964, 974 (Bd 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.”

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This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.

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