HLD-176 (August 2011)                                           NOT PRECEDENTIAL

                        UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                             FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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                                       No. 11-3055
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                       IN RE: GEORGE P. JOHNSON, Petitioner
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                      On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
                 United States District Court for the District of Delaware
                      (Related to D. Del. Civ. No. 1-09-cv-00619)
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                      Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
                                    August 25, 2011

          Before: McKEE, Chief Judge, ALDISERT and WEIS, Circuit Judges

                               (Opinion filed: July 23, 2012)
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                                        OPINION
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PER CURIAM

       George P. Johnson filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we direct

the District Court to rule on a petition that he had filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

The District Court has since ruled on Johnson’s § 2254 petition. In light of the District

Court’s action, the question Johnson presented is no longer a live controversy, so we will

deny his mandamus petition as moot. See, e.g., Lusardi v. Xerox Corp., 975 F.2d 964,

974 (3d Cir. 1992).
