HLD-006 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 18-2484 ___________

IN RE: JAMES H. CAMPBELL, 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. Civ. No. 3-16-cv-00524) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. July 12, 2018

Before: Chief Judge SMITH, CHAGARES, and BIBAS, Circuit Judges

(Opinion Filed: September 4, 2018) _________

OPINION * _________

PER CURIAM

In July 2018, James H. Campbell filed this pro se mandamus petition requesting

that the District Court be compelled to rule on his

petition. When

Campbell filed this mandamus petition, his § 2241 petition had been pending for over

two years. However, on August 21, 2018, the District Court entered an opinion and order

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. denying Campbell’s § 2241 petition. In light of the District Court’s action, this

mandamus petition no longer presents a live controversy. Therefore, we will dismiss it as

moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp.,

(3d Cir. 1996) (“If

developments occur during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff’s 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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