HLD-008 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 22-3410 ___________

IN RE: JOSE ESTRADA, Petitioner ____________________________________

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to E.D. Pa. Crim. No. 2-12-cr-00581-001) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. March 9, 2023 Before: Chief Judge CHAGARES, HARDIMAN, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed May 10, 2023) _________

OPINION* _________ PER CURIAM

Jose Estrada, proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus

compelling the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to

adjudicate his motion for compassionate release pursuant to

(c)(1)(A).

While this petition was pending before us, the District Court denied Estrada’s motion. In

light of the District Court’s action, Estrada’s 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 binding precedent. controversy. Accordingly, we will dismiss the petition as moot. See Blanciak v.

Allegheny Ludlum Corp.,

, 698–99 (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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