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Date Created: 2023-08-04 17:00:46.764888+00
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HLD-010                                                        NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                                 ___________

                                       No. 23-1877
                                       ___________

                            IN RE: ANGEL RODRIGUEZ,
                                                Petitioner
                       ____________________________________

                      On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
                           District Court of the Virgin Islands
                    (Related to D.V.I. Crim. No. 1:04-cr-00105-003)
                      ____________________________________

                 Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
                                May 25, 2023
     Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, HARDIMAN, and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges

                                      (Opinion filed )
                                        _________

                                        OPINION*
                                        _________

PER CURIAM

       Angel Rodriguez filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct

the District Court to rule on his motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The District Court has

since ruled on Rodriguez’s motion. In light of the District Court’s action, the question

Rodriguez presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will dismiss his mandamus

petition as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 975 F.2d 964, 974 (3d Cir. 1992); see

*
 This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
also 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.” (citation omitted)).

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