UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6796
In Re: STEPHEN E. MCCLELLAND,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (CA-01-105-2)
Submitted: July 3, 2002 Decided: August 22, 2002
Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Stephen E. McClelland, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Stephen E. McClelland has filed in this court a petition for
a writ of mandamus, seeking to compel the district court to order
the state to respond to his objections to the magistrate judge’s
recommendation regarding his petition filed under 28 U.S.C.A.
§ 2254 (West 1994 & Supp. 2002). Because the district court has
disposed of McClelland’s § 2254 petition, we deny his motion to
proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the mandamus petition as
moot. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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