Ishmael B. Taylor v.

HLD-005 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 12-2131 ___________ IN RE: ISHMAEL B. TAYLOR, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to E.D. Pa. Civ. No. 07-cv-05211) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. May 17, 2012 Before: MCKEE, Chief Judge, ALDISERT and GARTH, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: May 9, 2013) _________ OPINION _________ PER CURIAM In April 2012, Ishmael B. Taylor filed this pro se mandamus petition requesting that we order the District Court to act on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. Taylor’s § 2254 habeas petition, filed in December 2007, had been ripe for disposition since October 2008. However, on May 25, 2012, the District Court dismissed the petition in its entirety. Because Taylor has now received the relief he soughtBDistrict Court action on his §2254 petitionBwe will deny his mandamus petition as moot.