Third Circuit disposition — 172859np-pdf

HLD-011 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 17-2859
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IN RE: RAYMOND EDWARD CHESTNUT,
Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
(Related to M.D. Pa. Civ. No. 3:16-cv-00097)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
September 28, 2017
Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, MCKEE and RENDELL, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: November 15, 2017)
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OPINION*
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PER CURIAM
Raymond Chestnut filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct
the District Court to enter judgment on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition filed in Chestnut v.
Ebbert, M.D. Pa. Civ. No. 3:16-cv-00097. The District Court has since terminated the case,
effectively granting Chestnut’s motion for voluntary dismissal. In light of the District
* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.

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Court’s action, the question Chestnut 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).

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