U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 2024

Judeau Brown, Jr. v.

Judeau Brown, Jr. v.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · Decided June 28, 2024

Judeau Brown, Jr. v.

Opinion

NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 23-3066 ___________ IN RE: JUDEAU S. BROWN, JR., Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Related to D.C. Civil Action No. 1:21-cv-00200) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. June 13, 2024 Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, SHWARTZ and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: June 28, 2024) _________ OPINION * _________ PER CURIAM Judeau S. Brown, Jr., filed a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus, asking us to direct the District Court to rule on his habeas petition. Thereafter, on June 18, 2024, the District Court dismissed Brown’s habeas petition as time-barred, declined to issue a certificate of appealability, and directed the District Court Clerk to close the case. In

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. view of that decision, Brown’s mandamus petition no longer presents a live controversy, and thus 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 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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