HLD-083 (January 2011) NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 11-1065
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IN RE: JOHN T. PICKERING-GEORGE (ADOPTED) JOHN R. DALEY, JR.,
Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
United States District Court for the District of Delaware
(Related to D. Del Civ. No. 10-cv-00313)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
January 31, 2011
Before: MCKEE, Chief Judge, ALDISERT AND WEIS Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: July 24, 2012)
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OPINION
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PER CURIAM
In April 2010, John Pickering-George filed an action in the United States District
Court for the District of Delaware, apparently seeking “disbursement” of various
documents. The District Court issued an order directing Pickering-George to complete
an in forma pauperis (“IFP”) application or pay the filing fee within 21 days, warning that
failure to do so would result in dismissal of the case (the “fee order”). Pickering-George
failed to comply with the fee order, and the District Court dismissed the case without
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prejudice by order entered July 1, 2010. On August 23, 2010, Pickering-George filed a
motion for reconsideration, alleging that he did not receive the fee order. The case was
reassigned to Judge Leonard P. Stark on August 25, 2010.
In January 2011, Pickering-George filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in this
Court, complaining about the District Court’s “failure to respond” to his motion for
reconsideration. Subsequent to the filing of his mandamus petition, the District Court
granted Pickering-George’s motion for reconsideration, permitting him to pay the filing
fee or submit an IFP application within 21 days. Pickering-George complied with that
order and filed an IFP application. The District Court granted that application by order
entered March 4, 2011. Because the District Court has provided the relief that Pickering-
George sought in his mandamus petition, we will deny that petition as moot.
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