The State appeals the district court’s interlocutory order holding the 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition filed by Michael Muscolino, Mississippi prisoner # K2799, in abeyance *423 pending his exhaustion of an unexhausted claim. The State argues that the district court’s order is improper because, in effect, it allows Muscolino’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition to toll the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act’s limitations period. The State asks this court to reverse the district court’s order.

After the State filed its interlocutory appeal, the district court found that all of Muscolino’s claims had been exhausted. As the district court’s order holding the ease in abeyance is no longer in effect, we DISMISS this appeal as MOOT. See City of Erie v. Pap’s AM., 529 U.S. 277, 287, 120 S.Ct. 1382, 146 L.Ed.2d 265 (2000); United States Parole Comm’n v. Geraghty, 445 U.S. 388, 395-96, 100 S.Ct. 1202, 63 L.Ed.2d 479 (1980). Given our dismissal of this appeal, the district court is directed to administratively reopen the case.

APPEAL DISMISSED.