BLD-208 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 25-2236 ___________ IN RE: LEOCADIO VALLARTA ISIP, JR., Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Related to D.C. Criminal Action No. 1:19-cr-00064-001) District Judge: Honorable Richard G. Andrews ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. September 4, 2025 Before: SHWARTZ, MATEY, and CHUNG, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: September 19, 2025) _________ OPINION * _________ PER CURIAM In July 2025, federal prisoner Leocadio Vallarta Isip, Jr., submitted a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus, asking us to direct the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to rule on his motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

Thereafter, on August 27, 2025, the District Court entered a decision denying that § 2255

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. motion and declining to issue a certificate of appealability. In view of that decision, Isip’s mandamus petition no longer presents a live controversy, and thus we will dismiss the petition 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.”).