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Parties Involved:
Salvatore Spinnato
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

 No. 07-7377 

In Re: SALVATORE SPINNATO,

Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (1:02-cv-04213-JFM)

Submitted: December 20, 2007 Decided: December 28, 2007

Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Salvatore Spinnato, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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*To the extent Spinnato seeks to challenge the district

court’s order, a mandamus petition may not serve as a substitute

for an appeal. See In re United Steelworkers, 595 F.2d 958, 960

(4th Cir. 1979).

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PER CURIAM:

Salvatore Spinnato petitions for a writ of mandamus,

alleging the district court has unduly delayed acting on his motion

to reopen his habeas petition. He seeks an order from this court

directing the district court to act. The district court has

recently ruled on the motion to reopen. Spinnato v. Galley, No.

1:02-cv-04213-JFM (D. Md. Nov. 15, 2007). Accordingly, although we

grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we deny the mandamus

petition as moot.*

 We dispense with oral argument because the

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process. 

PETITION DENIED

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