HLD-006 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 24-3298 ___________ IN RE: JELANI SOLOMON, Petitioner ____________________________________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. 2:05-cr-00385-1) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. January 30, 2025 Before: CHIEF JUDGE CHAGARES, HARDIMAN, and PORTER, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: May 8, 2025) _________ OPINION * _________ PER CURIAM Jelani Solomon, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting that we direct the District Court to rule on his motion for preauthorization to file a motion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). Thereafter, the District Court denied that motion. In light of the District Court’s action, the question Solomon presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will dismiss his mandamus petition as

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. 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.” (citation omitted)).