Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-11 17:01:16.077616+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                               No. 24-1016

        In re: BRANDON MICHAEL PICKENS,

                             Petitioner.

        Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at
        Asheville. Martin K. Reidinger, Chief District Judge. (5:22-cv-00169-MR)

        Submitted: February 28, 2024                                      Decided: March 8, 2024

        Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Brandon Michael Pickens, Petitioner Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Brandon Michael Pickens petitions for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the district

        court has unduly delayed in adjudicating Respondent’s motion for summary judgment in

        Pickens’ 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. Pickens seeks an order from this court directing the

        district court to act, but our review of the district court’s docket reveals that the district

        court adjudicated the summary judgment motion on February 14, 2024. Accordingly,

        because the district court has recently decided the motion and denied Pickens’ § 2241

        petition, we deny the mandamus petition as moot. We dispense with oral argument because

        the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court

        and argument would not aid the decisional process.

                                                                                PETITION DENIED

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