UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1040
In Re: VERNON ROBERTS,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (5:08-hc-02083-FL)
Submitted: April 23, 2009 Decided: May 4, 2009
Before MICHAEL, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Vernon Roberts, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Vernon Roberts petitions for a writ of mandamus,
alleging the district court has unduly delayed acting on his 28
U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. He seeks an order from this
court directing the district court to act. Our review of the
district court docket sheet reveals that the court denied relief
on Roberts’s § 2254 petition by order entered February 18, 2009.
Accordingly, because the district court has recently decided
Roberts’s case, we deny the mandamus petition as moot. We grant
leave 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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