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Parties Involved:
Eliston F. George
Petitioner

Document Text:

HLD-89 NOT PRECEDENTIAL

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

No. 08-1441

IN RE: ELISTON F. GEORGE,

 Petitioner

On Petition for a Writ of Mandamus from the

District Court of the Virgin Islands

(Related to D.V.I. No. 07-cv-0055)

Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.

March 31, 2008

Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, ALDISERT and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

(Filed: May 21, 2008)

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM.

On March 21, 2007, George, a prisoner proceeding pro se, petitioned the District

Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging ineffective

assistance of counsel and improper jury instructions. On February 12, 2008, George

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petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order compelling the District

Court to act upon his habeas corpus petition.

In the intervening time, on January 31, 2008, the District Court entered an order

dismissing George’s habeas corpus petition. The District Court construed George’s

petition as a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255

and dismissed it as a second or successive § 2255 motion filed without authorization from

the Court of Appeals.

Because the District Court has now provided George the relief he sought in his

mandamus petition to this Court, i.e., a ruling on his habeas corpus petition, we dismiss

his mandamus petition as moot.

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