IN RE: Pargev GAZDHYAN (2019)

OPINION *

Pro se petitioner Pargev Gazdhyan seeks a writ of mandamus in connection with a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion he filed in the District Court. For the reasons that follow, we will dismiss Gazdhyan’s mandamus petition as moot.

In April 2018, Gazdhyan filed a motion to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence under § 2255 in the District Court. On December 11, 2018, Gazdhyan filed this mandamus petition, asking that we direct the District Court to rule on his § 2255 motion “in an expedited fashion.” Mandamus Petition, at 1. Just over one month later, on January 23, 2019, the District Court issued a memorandum and order, denying Gazdhyan’s § 2255 motion.

Because Gazdhyan has now obtained the relief he sought, an adjudication of his § 2255 motion, his mandamus petition is now moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698–99 (3d Cir. 1996). We will therefore dismiss the petition.

PER CURIAM