Third Circuit disposition — 252236np-pdf

BLD-208 NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 25-2236
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IN RE: LEOCADIO VALLARTA ISIP, JR.,
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.C. Criminal Action No. 1:19-cr-00064-001)
District Judge: Honorable Richard G. Andrews
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
September 4, 2025
Before: SHWARTZ, MATEY, and CHUNG, Circuit Judges
(Opinion filed: September 19, 2025)
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OPINION*
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PER CURIAM
In July 2025, federal prisoner Leocadio Vallarta Isip, Jr., submitted a pro se
petition for a writ of mandamus, asking us to direct the United States District Court for
the District of Delaware to rule on his motion filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255.
Thereafter, on August 27, 2025, the District Court entered a decision denying that § 2255
* This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.

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motion and declining to issue a certificate of appealability. In view of that decision,
Isip’s mandamus petition no longer presents a live controversy, and thus we will dismiss
the petition as moot. See Blanciak v. Allegheny Ludlum Corp., 77 F.3d 690, 698-99 (3d
Cir. 1996) (“If developments occur during the course of adjudication that eliminate a
plaintiff’s personal stake in the outcome of a suit or prevent a court from being able to
grant the requested relief, the case must be dismissed as moot.”).

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