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In re Rockwood

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
May 9, 2017
No. 17-1691 (3d Cir. May. 9, 2017)

Opinion

No. 17-1691

05-09-2017

IN RE: PAUL GENE ROCKWOOD, JR., Petitioner


CLD-209

NOT PRECEDENTIAL

On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
(Related to M.D. Pa. Civ. No. 1-16-cv-00332)
District Court Judge: Yvette Kane Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
May 4, 2017
Before: SHWARTZ, NYGAARD, and FISHER, Circuit Judges OPINION PER CURIAM

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

In February 2016, Paul Gene Rockwood, Jr. filed a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. By order and memorandum entered on April 28, 2017, the District Court denied Rockwood's § 2241 petition and declined to issue a certificate of appealability. Rockwood now seeks a writ of mandamus directing the District Court to act on his § 2241 petition. Because the District Court has already denied Rockwood's § 2241 petition, we will dismiss as moot his petition for a writ of mandamus. See In re Austrian & German Holocaust Litig., 250 F.3d 156, 162-63 (2d Cir. 2001) (per curiam) (mandamus petition requesting that court of appeals compel district court action generally may be dismissed as moot upon district court's entry of final order).


Summaries of

In re Rockwood

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
May 9, 2017
No. 17-1691 (3d Cir. May. 9, 2017)
Case details for

In re Rockwood

Case Details

Full title:IN RE: PAUL GENE ROCKWOOD, JR., Petitioner

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

Date published: May 9, 2017

Citations

No. 17-1691 (3d Cir. May. 9, 2017)