Third Circuit disposition — 221428np-pdf

HLD-008 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 22-1428
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IN RE: ROCMON L. SANDERS,
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. Civ. No. 2:20-cv-01051)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
June 9, 2022
Before: CHAGARES, Chief Judge, PORTER and FUENTES, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: July 5, 2022)
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OPINION*
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PER CURIAM
Petitioner Rocmon Sanders seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the District Court
to rule on a petition he filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. By order entered on June 14,
2022, the District Court deemed his petition moot, as he is no longer in federal custody.
In light of the District Court’s action, Sanders’s mandamus petition no longer presents a
* 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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live controversy. Therefore, we will dismiss it as moot.1 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.”)
1 Sanders’s “Motion for Expedited Appeal” is also dismissed as moot.

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