IN RE: Ralph REED (2019)

OPINION *

Convicted by a Delaware jury of murder and a related weapons offense, Ralph Reed is serving a sentence of life plus twenty years in prison. Reed’s challenges in federal court to his convictions have thus far been unsuccessful. See, e.g., C.A. No. 08-1330 (3d Cir. Apr. 9, 2008) (denying certificate of appealability request relative to District Court’s dismissal of Reed’s federal habeas petition on timeliness grounds); C.A. No. 12-3769 (3d Cir. Feb. 5, 2013) (denying certificate of appealability request relative to District Court’s denial of reconsideration of its timeliness ruling).

Presently, Reed has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus. In his petition, Reed states that “this writ is to compel the district court to act, by ruling on his June 2, 2018, motion” to amend the District Court’s habeas judgment. Pet. at 2.¹ The referenced motion to amend (ECF 58), however, has since been denied by the District Court. See ECF 69-70.² Reed’s mandamus petition is thus moot and will be dismissed. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 699-700 (3d Cr. 1996).

FOOTNOTES

1.   It appears that, prior to the filing of this mandamus petition, the Clerk of the District Court mistakenly construed Reed’s June 2, 2018 motion as a memorandum of law in support of an already-adjudicated motion for reconsideration. See Pet. at 24.

2.   Reed has appealed the District Court’s March 26, 2019 order. That appeal is pending in this Court. See C.A. 19-2007.

PER CURIAM