ALD-176 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 19-1292 ___________

IN RE: ROBERT DIXON, 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. Civ. No. 1:17-cv-00072) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. May 2, 2019

Before: MCKEE, SHWARTZ and BIBAS, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed June 26, 2019) _________

OPINION* _________

PER CURIAM

In February 2019, Robert Dixon filed this pro se mandamus petition requesting

that the District Court be compelled to rule on his

petition. However,

on March 12, 2019, the District Court entered an order denying Dixon’s § 2254 petition.

In light of the District Court’s action, this mandamus petition no longer presents a live

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute controversy.1 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.”)

binding precedent. 1 Dixon’s appeal of the denial of his § 2254 petition has been docketed at C.A. No. 19- 1937. 2