In Re: Tarireef White v.

HLD-001 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 12-3603 ___________ IN RE: TARIREEF WHITE, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (Related to D. Del. Crim. No. 07-cr-00123 and Civ. No. 10-cv-00132) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. November 2, 2012 Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, ALDISERT and BARRY, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: April 16, 2013) _________ OPINION _________ PER CURIAM Petitioner Tarireef White filed a petition for writ of mandamus on September 27, 2012, asking us to order the District Court to render a decision on his motion to vacate his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. By order entered on March 18, 2013, the District Court dismissed White’s § 2255 motion and declined to issue a certificate of appealability. Because White has now received the relief he requested in his mandamus petition—a decision on his § 2255 motion—we will deny his mandamus petition as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996). 2