In re: Joel Diaz-Hinirio

Filing

NOT PRECEDENTIAL PER CURIAM OPINION Coram: MCKEE, JORDAN and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges. Total Pages: 2. ALD-090

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ALD-090

Date Filed: 02/13/2017

NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
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No. 16-4258
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IN RE: JOEL DIAZ-HINIRIO,
Petitioner
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On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus
from the District Court of the Virgin Islands
(Related to D.V.I. Crim. No. 3-11-cr-00035-002)
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Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
January 5, 2017
Before: MCKEE, JORDAN and RESTREPO, Circuit Judges

(Opinion filed: February 13, 2017)
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OPINION *
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PER CURIAM
Joel Diaz-Hinirio pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearms offenses, but he
preserved his ability to appeal the District Court’s order denying in part his motions to
suppress. Diaz-Hinirio appealed that ruling at C.A. No. 13-3198. In that appeal, we

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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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remanded for the District Court to “state its essential findings on the record” as required
by Rule 12(d) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Diaz-Hinirio has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the District
Court to comply with our mandate. On December 10, 2016, however, the District Court
issued a detailed 59-page opinion explaining its reasons for denying in part DiazHinirio’s motions to suppress. (ECF No. 237.) Thus, Diaz-Hinirio’s petition is moot,
and we will dismiss it on that basis.

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