In Re: Michael Watkins ( 2012 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-2071
In Re: MICHAEL O. WATKINS,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
(4:08-cr-00123-RGD-TEM-4)
Submitted: December 6, 2012 Decided: December 12, 2012
Before MOTZ and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael O. Watkins, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Michael O. Watkins petitions for a writ of mandamus,
alleging that the district court has unduly delayed in acting on
his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2012) motion and seeking an
order from this court directing the district court to issue a
ruling. Our review of the district court’s docket reveals that
an order and a final judgment addressing this motion were filed
by the district court on September 9, 2011, and entered on
September 12, 2011. Accordingly, although we grant Watkins’s
motions to amend his petition and for leave to proceed in forma
pauperis, we deny the mandamus petition as moot. We dispense
with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are
adequately presented in the materials before this court and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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