In Re: Hector Soto v.

ELD-034 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 11-1876
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IN RE: HECTOR SOTO, Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
United States District Court for the District of Delaware
(Related to D. Del. Crim. No. 06-cr-00140; D. Del Civ. No. 08-cv-00915)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
April 24, 2012
Before: MCKEE, Chief Judge, ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: May 1, 2012)
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM.
Hector Soto filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct the
District Court to rule on a motion that he had filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The
District Court has since ruled on Soto’s § 2255 motion. In light of the District Court’s
action, the question Soto presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will deny the
petition as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 975 F.2d 964, 974 (3d Cir. 1992).
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