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Date Created: 2023-01-19 18:00:26.284178+00
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HLD-002                                                          NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

                                       ___________

                                       No. 22-2740
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                            IN RE: DOHERTY KUSHIMO,
                                                Petitioner
                       ____________________________________

                     On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
          United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
                  (Related to W.D. Pa. Crim. No. 1-14-cr-00012-001)
                      District Judge: Honorable David S. Cercone
                      ____________________________________

                 Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
                              November 3, 2022
     Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, HARDIMAN, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges

                             (Opinion filed January 19, 2023)
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                                        OPINION*
                                        _________

PER CURIAM

       Doherty Kushimo, proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus

compelling the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to

adjudicate his motion for compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A).

*
 This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
On December 30, 2022, the District Court denied Kushimo’s motion. In light of the

District Court’s action, Kushimo’s mandamus petition no longer presents a live

controversy. Accordingly, we will dismiss the petition as moot. See Blanciak v.

Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698–99 (3d Cir. 1996) (“If developments occur

during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff’s personal stake in the outcome

of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be

dismissed as moot.”).

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