Brian Timothy Huggins petitions this court for a writ of mandamus directing the district court to require the United States to respond to his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2001) motion, which Huggins filed in November 2001. The district court docket sheet reveals that on March 27, 2002, the district court ordered the United States to respond. Accordingly, Huggins has received the relief he seeks. We deny the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the mandamus petition as moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before us and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DISMISSED.