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ALD-111 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________ No. 20-1160 ___________ In re: DENNIS HICKS, Petitioner ____________________________________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. 2-07-cr-00083-001) ____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. February 6, 2020 Before: MCKEE, SHWARTZ and PHIPPS, Circuit Judges (Opinion filed: April 6, 2020) _________ OPINION* _________ PER CURIAM Dennis Hicks is a Pennsylvania prisoner proceeding pro se. On September 19, 2019, he filed a motion to modify his sentence pursuant to
18 U.S.C. § 3582in the District Court. Approximately four months later, on January 14, 2010, Hicks filed in this Court a petition for a writ of mandamus. Hicks states that his § 3582 motion has been sitting in * This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent. the District Court for over three months without a ruling and asks us to compel the District Court to adjudicate it. We will deny the petition. While issuance of the writ may be warranted when district court proceedings are so protracted as to amount to a failure to exercise jurisdiction, see Madden v. Myers,
102 F.3d 74, 79 (3d Cir. 1996), there is no such protraction here. Cf.
id.(holding that eight months of inaction on a motion was insufficient to compel mandamus relief). We are confident that the District Court will adjudicate Hicks’s motion in due course. Accordingly, we will deny the mandamus petition.
Document Info
Docket Number: 20-1160
Filed Date: 4/6/2020
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/6/2020