Jason Smart-El v.

599 F. App'x 423

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Decided: April 14, 2015
• Docket: 15-1111
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

OPINION *

PER CURIAM.

Jason Emanuel Smart-El filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct the District Court to rule on a motion that he had filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The District Court has since granted Smart-El’s § 2255 motion. In light of the District Court’s action, -the question Smart-El presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will dismiss the petition as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 975 F.2d 964, 974 (3d Cir. 1992); see also 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 plaintiffs 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.”)

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