Victor Perkins v., No. 21-1851 (3d Cir. 2021)
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NOT PRECEDENTIAL CLD-212 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 21-1851 ___________ IN RE: VICTOR B. PERKINS, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Related to 1:19-cv-00491) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. July 1, 2021 Before: RESTREPO, MATEY, and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: July 14, 2021) _________ OPINION * _________ PER CURIAM Victor B. Perkins has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting that we direct the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to “immediately adjudicate” a civil action that he filed in March 2019. For the following reasons, we will dismiss the petition as moot. This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. * Perkins’ complaint alleged that he had been injured by the drug Prilosec. (ECF 1.) The District Court sua sponte dismissed the complaint on October 15, 2019. The order dismissed some claims with prejudice, dismissed others without prejudice, and gave Perkins leave to amend. 1 (ECF 13 & 14.) Perkins filed an amended complaint. (ECF 25.) By order entered April 13, 2021, the District Court dismissed the amended complaint as legally frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), concluding that further amendment would be futile. (ECF 28 & 29.) On April 26, Perkins filed a “Motion for Summary Judgment as a Matter of Default.” (ECF 30.) Shortly thereafter, he filed a notice of appeal; that appeal is pending. (ECF 33.) Perkins filed the mandamus petition in this Court on April 29, 2021. He asks that we order “the District of Delaware to issue its decision upon his Civil Action Litigation which has been pending before that court for over 2 years ….” As described above, however, the District Court dismissed his complaint by order entered April 13, 2021. Accordingly, we will dismiss the mandamus petition as moot. 2 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 Perkins appealed from this order, and we dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Perkins v. Proctor & Gamble, C.A. No. 19-3512 (order entered June 8, 2020). 1 To the extent that Perkins asks us to direct the District Court to rule on his “Motion for Summary Judgment as a Matter of Default” (ECF 30), we conclude that mandamus relief is not warranted because it appears that his notice of appeal divested the District Court of jurisdiction over that motion. See Venen v. Sweet, 758 F.2d 117, 120 (3d Cir. 1985). 2 2 of a suit or prevent a court from being able to grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot.”). 3
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