Third Circuit disposition — 141059np-pdf

HLD-007 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 14-1059
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IN RE: KENNETH CHAPLIN,
Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(Related to E.D. Pa. Crim. No. 90-cr-00238-006 and Civ. No. 97-cv-03029)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
February 27, 2014
Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, GARTH and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed April 4, 2014)
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM
Pro se petitioner, Kenneth Chaplin, has filed a mandamus petition pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 1651, wherein he seeks to compel the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania to rule on a motion he filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.
59(e) wherein he seeks reconsideration of the denial of his Rule 60(b) motion. Finding
no basis for granting mandamus relief, we will deny the petition.
From a review of the District Court docket, an order disposing of the

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reconsideration motion was entered on March 12, 2014. Accordingly, Chaplin’s petition
for writ of mandamus seeking to compel the District Court to dispose of his motion is
moot. The petition for a writ of mandamus is thus denied.

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