In re: Steven Lester

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-8090
In Re: STEVEN LESTER,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (CA-99-3122-4)
Submitted: June 12, 2002 Decided: July 3, 2002
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Steven Lester, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).

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PER CURIAM:
Steven Lester petitions this court for a writ of mandamus
directing the district court to rule on his habeas corpus petition
filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001),
which Lester filed in September 1999. The district court docket
sheet reveals that on June 10, 2002, the district court entered a
final order denying relief on Lester’s § 2254 petition.
Accordingly, Lester has received the relief he seeks in his
mandamus petition. Although we grant Lester leave to proceed in
forma pauperis, we dismiss the mandamus petition as moot. We
dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions
are adequately presented in the materials before the court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DISMISSED

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