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4-22-2005

In re: Kerwin
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential

Docket No. 04-4408




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HPS-36     (January 2005)                               NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                                 ____________

                                       No. 04-4408
                                      ____________

                                IN RE: RYAN KERWIN,
                                           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. 03-cv-05645)
                               ____________

                      Submitted Under Rule 21, Fed. R. App. Pro.
                                  January 21, 2005
           Before: SCIRICA, Chief Judge, WEIS and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

                                   Filed: April 22, 2005
                               _______________________

                                       OPINION
                               _______________________

PER CURIAM.

              Ryan Kerwin, a Pennsylvania inmate serving a five to ten-year sentence in

prison imposed in January 1999 for various offenses, has filed a petition for writ of

mandamus. Kerwin seeks to compel the District Court to render a final decision on his

petition for writ of habeas corpus, which was filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.




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              On April 11, 2005, subsequent to the filing of Kerwin’s mandamus petition,

the District Court entered an order denying his § 2254 petition. Because the District

Court has afforded Kerwin the relief sought, we will deny the mandamus petition as

moot.