CLD-022 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 18-3082 ___________

In Re: ROBERT ALLEY, Petitioner ____________________________________

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Related to D. Del. Civ. No. 1-16-cv-00569) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. November 1, 2018 Before: CHAGARES, RESTREPO and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed December 20, 2018) _________

OPINION* _________

PER CURIAM

On September 16, 2018, Robert Alley filed a petition for writ of mandamus to

compel the District Court to adjudicate his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. But by

order entered October 17, 2018, the District Court dismissed Alley’s habeas petition, so

we must in turn dismiss his mandamus petition as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny

Ludlum Corp.,

(3d Cir. 1996) (“If developments occur during the

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