In re: Bobby Hazel

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: June 5, 2025
• Docket: 24-2127
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-2127

In re: BOBBY HAZEL,

Petitioner.

On Petitions for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. (1:93-cr-00062-MSN-1)

Submitted: May 29, 2025 Decided: June 5, 2025

Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Petitions denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Bobby Hazel, Petitioner Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Bobby Hazel petitions for a writ of mandamus. In his initial and amended petitions,

he alleges that the district court has unduly delayed acting on his motions for a writ of error

coram nobis, to compel the release of a video, and to appoint counsel. He seeks an order

from this court directing the district court to act. Our review of the district court’s docket

reveals that the district court recently ruled on the pending motions. See United States v.

Hazel, No. 1:93-cr-00062-MSN-1 (E.D. Va. Feb. 7, 2025). Accordingly, because the

district court has decided the subject motions, we deny as moot the initial and amended

mandamus petitions. See Williams v. Ozmint, 716 F.3d 801, 809 (4th Cir. 2013) (noting

that issue is moot when party “receives the relief he or she sought to obtain” (citation and

internal quotation marks omitted)). We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument

would not aid the decisional process.

PETITIONS DENIED