Case Name: In re Emmett NELSON, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-10-17
Citations: 297 F. App'x 116
Docket Number: No. 08-3820
Parties: In re Emmett NELSON, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 297
Pages: 116–116

Head Matter:
In re Emmett NELSON, Petitioner.
No. 08-3820.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R.App. P. Sept. 30, 2008.
Opinion filed: Oct. 17, 2008.
Emmett Nelson, Loretto, PA, pro se.
Christy C. Wiegand, Esq., Pittsburgh, PA, for Defe.ndant/Nominal Respondent.
Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
On March 27, 2007, Petitioner Emmett Nelson, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, challenging the computation of his federal sentence. The District Judge referred the petition to a Magistrate Judge. On September 5, 2008, Nelson petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus, requesting an order compelling the District Court to act upon his habeas petition. On September 11, 2008, the Magistrate Judge issued a Report recommending denial of Nelson's habeas petition. On September 29, 2008, the District Court adopted the Report and denied Nelson's petition. Given that Nelson has now received the relief he seeks in his mandamus petition—a ruling on his habeas petition—we will deny his mandamus petition, along with his motion for appointment of counsel, as moot.