IN RE: Keyon FREELAND (2018)

OPINION *

State prisoner Keyon Freeland, proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of mandamus in connection with a habeas petition he filed in the District Court. For the reasons that follow, we will dismiss Freeland’s mandamus petition as moot.

In May 2015, Freeland filed a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the District Court (he subsequently filed an amended habeas petition in July 2015). On May 18, 2018, Freeland filed this mandamus petition, asking that we direct the District Court to rule on his habeas petition. A few weeks later, on May 30, 2018, the District Court issued a memorandum and order, denying Freeland’s habeas petition.

Because Freeland has now obtained the relief he sought, an adjudication of his habeas petition, his mandamus petition is moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996). We will therefore dismiss it.

PER CURIAM