Opinion
21-3367
07-12-2022
IN RE: EDWARD McLAUGHLIN, Petitioner
NOT PRECEDENTIAL
Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. February 3, 2022
On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (Related to Crim. No. 3-12-cr-00179-001)
Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and FUENTES, Circuit Judges
OPINION [*]
PER CURIAM
Petitioner Edward McLaughlin filed a mandamus petition requesting that we direct the District Court to rule on his pending motion to vacate his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. By order entered June 16, 2022, the District Court denied McLaughlin's § 2255 motion in part and granted it in part. That same day, the District Court entered an Amended Judgment in McLaughlin's criminal case and sentenced him to 180 months in prison followed by three years supervised release.
In light of the District Court's action, McLaughlin's mandamus petition no longer presents a live 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 . . . 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.