RESUBMIT HLD-003                                                NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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                                       No. 16-2749
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                             IN RE: ALTON D. BROWN,
                                                Petitioner
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                      On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
           United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
                     (Related to M.D. Pa. Civ. No. 3-14-cv-01180)
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                      Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
                                   February 13, 2017

         Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, McKEE and FUENTES, Circuit Judges

                             (Opinion filed: March 16, 2017)
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                                        OPINION*
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PER CURIAM

       Alton D. Brown filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct the

District Court to rule on a request for an opportunity to appeal the District Court’s

dismissal order in Brown v. Lancaster, M.D. Pa. Civ. No. 3:14-cv-01180. The District

Court has since ruled on Brown’s filing. In light of the District Court’s action, the

question Brown presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will dismiss his

*
 This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
mandamus petition as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 

, 974 (3d

Cir. 1992).




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