Reginald Young v.

ALD-173 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 12-2100 ___________ In re: REGINALD YOUNG, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to D.C. Crim. No. 2:05-cr-00307-003) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. May 3, 2012 Before: SLOVITER, FISHER AND WEIS, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: May 17,2012) _________ OPINION _________ PER CURIAM. In this petition for mandamus, Reginald Young asks us to direct the “respondent” to rule on his application for a certificate of appealability. In form, the petition reads less like a request for mandamus and more like a motion to expedite proceedings. In any case, it is moot; we denied Young’s request for a certificate of appealability. See United States v. Young, C.A. No. 12-1577. Therefore, this “mandamus petition” will be denied, as Young has obtained the ruling he seeks to compel. See Carr v. Am. Red Cross, 17 F.3d 671, 684 (3d Cir. 1994). 2