Background
Lamar Prilliman, proceeding pro se, petitioned the Fourth Circuit for a writ of mandamus. He alleged that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia had unduly delayed acting on his petition under Section twenty-eight of the United States Code, Section two thousand two hundred forty-one, and his associated motion to expedite proceedings and for immediate release.
The court’s reasoning
The court reviewed the district court’s docket and found that the district court had granted in part and denied in part Prilliman’s Section two thousand two hundred forty-one petition. The district court also denied his motion to expedite proceedings and for immediate release by an order entered on June eighth, two thousand twenty-six. Because the district court had recently decided Prilliman’s case, the court determined that the mandamus petition was moot.
What it means going forward
The denial of the writ leaves the district court’s June eighth ruling in place, meaning Prilliman’s request for immediate release and expedited proceedings remains denied.