ALD-059                                                         NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                            FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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                                       No. 16-3865
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                           IN RE: MICHAEL NORWOOD,
                                                  Petitioner
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                      On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
                United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
                       (Related to D.N.J. Civ. No. 1-15-cv-02996)
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                     Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
                                  December 1, 2016

              Before: MCKEE, JORDAN and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges

                            (Opinion filed: January 11, 2017)
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                                        OPINION *
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PER CURIAM

       Michael Norwood filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking an order

directing the District Court to rule on his amended motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The

District Court denied that motion on November 28, 2016. Thus, because Norwood has



*
 This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
received all of the relief he requested, his petition is now moot. We will therefore

dismiss it. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d Cir. 1996).




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