NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 22-2226 ___________ IN RE: OMAR McBRIDE, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to Crim. No. 92-cr-00671-10) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. September 22, 2022 Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and FUENTES, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: October 4, 2022) _________ OPINION* _________ PER CURIAM Petitioner Omar McBride filed a pro se “Petition for Judicial Review Pursuant to Mediation Rule L.A.R. 33.1 Appellate Mediation Program,” which we have construed as a mandamus petition requesting that we direct the District Court to rule on his pending

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. motion for a sentence reduction. By order entered September 19, 2022, the District Court denied the motion.

In light of the District Court’s action, McBride’s mandamus petition no longer presents a live controversy. Therefore, we will dismiss it as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996) (“If developments occur during the course of adjudication that . . . prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot.”).