Luis Zayas Cintron v.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• Decided: January 18, 2023
• Docket: 22-2645
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

HLD-003 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 22-2645 ___________

IN RE: LUIS G. ZAYAS CINTRON, Petitioner ____________________________________

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to Civ. No. 2-18-cv-05537) ____________________________________

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. November 10, 2022

Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, HARDIMAN, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges ______ (Opinion filed: January 18, 2023) _________

OPINION* _________

PER CURIAM

In September 2022, Luis Zayas Cintron filed a mandamus petition asking us to

direct the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to

adjudicate his petition for writ of habeas corpus. After he filed the mandamus petition,

the District Court entered a memorandum and order denying his habeas petition. In light

of the District Court’s action, this mandamus petition no longer presents a live

* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. controversy. Therefore, we will dismiss it 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.”).