Louis Neptune v., No. 20-2648 (3d Cir. 2020)

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CLD-311 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 20-2648 ___________ IN RE: LOUIS NEPTUNE, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Related to Civ. No. 3:17-cv-12057) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. September 24, 2020 Before: JORDAN, KRAUSE and MATEY, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: October 29, 2020) _________ OPINION * _________ PER CURIAM Louis Neptune has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that we direct the District Court to rule on several pending motions. The District Court has since ruled on those motions, and Neptune has filed a notice of appeal. In light of the District Court’s * This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. action, the question Neptune presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will dismiss his mandamus petition as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996) (“If developments occur during the course of adjudication that eliminate a plaintiff’s personal stake in the outcome of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot.”) 2

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