Case Name: In re: Russell ROBINSON, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-05-27
Citations: 132 F. App'x 418
Docket Number: No. 05-2070
Parties: In re: Russell ROBINSON, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 132
Pages: 418–418

Head Matter:
In re: Russell ROBINSON, Petitioner.
No. 05-2070.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Under Rule 21, Fed. R.App. Pro. April 29, 2005.
Decided May 27, 2005.
Russell Robinson, Guaynabo, PR, pro se.
Patricia M. Sulzbach, Office of United States Attorney United States Courthouse, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, USVI, for Respondent.
Before SCIRICA, Chief Judge, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Russell Robinson asks that we issue a writ of mandamus directing the District Court to rule on his habeas petition seeking pretrial release. We will deny Robinson's request for mandamus relief as moot.
Robinson is detained pending the resolution of federal criminal charges. See United States v. Hendricks, 395 F.3d 173, 184 (3d Cir.2005) (granting the United States' pretrial appeal and remanding for further proceedings). On March 3, 2005, the District Court filed Robinson's pro se habeas petition, which — among other .things — alleged an illegal arrest and prosecutorial misconduct. When Robinson filed his mandamus petition in this court on April 6, 2005, the District Court had not yet acted on his habeas petition. Two days later, however, the District Court denied Robinson's request. Accordingly, inasmuch as Robinson has now received what he requested (i.e, a ruling by the District Court), his mandamus petition is moot. See, e.g., In re Orthopedic Bone Screw Pros. Liab. Litig., 94 F.3d 110, 111 (3d Cir.1996) (on mootness).
For the foregoing reasons, we will deny Robinson's mandamus petition.
. The District Court entered the denial of Robinson's habeas petition on both the criminal docket, D.V.I. Crim No. 04-cr-00005, and under a newly created civil number, D.V.I. Civ. No. 05-cv-00025. The District Court's order expressly denied relief to the extent that Robinson's request could be construed as seeking "immediate release from detention, modification of the 'no bail' condition, or dismissal of the indictment." Order, 1.