UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-7002
In Re: LAZARO ALVARDO RAMIREZ, JR.,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (4:05-cr-00009)
Submitted: October 18, 2007 Decided: October 25, 2007
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Lazaro Alvardo Ramirez, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Lazaro Alvardo Ramirez, Jr., petitions for a writ of
mandamus, alleging the district court unduly delayed acting on his
28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion to vacate, as it had neither
summarily dismissed the motion nor ordered the Government to file
a response. He seeks an order from this court directing the
district court to act. Our review of the docket sheet reveals that
the district court has now ordered the Government to respond to the
motion. Accordingly, because the district court has now taken
significant action in Ramirez’s case, we deny the mandamus petition
as moot. We grant Ramirez’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis.
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.
PETITION DENIED
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