Keyon Freeland v. ( 2018 )

BLD-244 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 18-2097
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IN RE: KEYON FREELAND,
Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
(Related to M.D. Pa. No. 3-15-cv-00965)
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Submitted Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 21
June 21, 2018
Before: RESTREPO, BIBAS and NYGAARD, Circuit Judges
(Filed: July 9, 2018)
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OPINION *
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PER CURIAM
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
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This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
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.
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