Opinion
No. 17-2770
11-02-2017
IN RE: HERNAN NAVARRO, Petitioner
HLD-009
NOT PRECEDENTIAL
On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the District Court of the Virgin Islands
(Related to D.V.I. Crim. No. 1-99-cr-00016-003 & D.V.I. Civ. No. 1-11-cv-00112)
District Judge: Honorable Wilma A. Lewis Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
August 24, 2017
Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, MCKEE and RENDELL, 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. --------
Hernan Navarro has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the District Court of the Virgin Islands had failed to rule on his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. On August 31, 2017, the Magistrate Judge entered a Report and Recommendation concerning Navarro's § 2255 motion and advised Navarro that he could file objections within fourteen days. Although mandamus may be warranted when a district court's "undue delay is tantamount to a failure to exercise jurisdiction," see Madden v. Myers, 102 F.3d 74, 79 (3d Cir. 1996), the case is now moving forward and we find no reason to grant the extraordinary relief of mandamus, see In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 418 F.3d 372, 378 (3d Cir. 2005). We have full confidence that the District Court will rule within a reasonable time after the expiration of Navarro's time to submit objections (and any extension thereof). The petition will thus be denied.