Background
Jonathan Shane Stamper, proceeding pro se, petitioned for a writ of mandamus alleging unreasonable delay by the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in acting on his motion for reconsideration. The district court had previously denied his motion for compassionate release, and he sought an order directing the district court to act on his reconsideration request.
The court’s reasoning
The court reviewed the district court’s docket and found that the district court denied Stamper’s reconsideration motion on February twenty-six, two thousand and twenty-six. Because the district court had recently ruled on the motion, the petition for a writ of mandamus was moot.
What it means going forward
The denial of the mandamus petition leaves the district court’s order denying the motion for reconsideration of the compassionate release motion in place.
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