AMENDED ALD-169 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 19-1168 ___________

IN RE: RUBEN MITCHELL, Petitioner ____________________________________

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Related to W.D. Pa. Crim. No. 2:09-cr-00105-001) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. April 25, 2019

Before: MCKEE, SHWARTZ and BIBAS, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed: June 18, 2019) _________

OPINION* _________

PER CURIAM

Earlier this year, federal prisoner Ruben Mitchell filed a pro se mandamus

petition, asking us to direct the United States District Court for the Western District of

Pennsylvania to adjudicate his

case. Thereafter, on May 10, 2019, the

District Court denied Mitchell’s request for § 2255 relief. The District Court reaffirmed

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. that denial on May 17, 2019, after receiving supplemental briefing from Mitchell.

Because Mitchell has obtained the relief that he seeks in his mandamus petition, we will

dismiss the petition 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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