Dennis Mayer v.

DLD-106 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 16-4205 ___________ IN RE: DENNIS JAMES MAYER, Petitioner ____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Related to W.D. Pa. Civ. No. 1-15-cv-00232) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. January 19, 2017 Before: CHAGARES, VANASKIE and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: February 7, 2017) _________ OPINION* _________ PER CURIAM Pro se petitioner Dennis James Mayer seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to issue a final appealable order in his federal habeas case. 1 * This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. 1 We previously dismissed Mayer’s appeal of the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation for lack of jurisdiction. See C.A. No. 16-3338. By order entered on December 9, 2016, the District Court granted Respondents’ motion to dismiss, denied Mayer’s habeas petition, and declined to issue a certificate of appealability. Because Mayer has now received the relief he requested in his mandamus petition – a final, appealable order – we will dismiss his mandamus petition as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996). 2