In re Oscar Contreras-Aguilar

Background Oscar Contreras-Aguilar, proceeding pro se, petitioned for a writ of mandamus alleging undue delay by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. She sought an order directing the district court to act on her motions for compassionate release and her motion under Section twenty-eight United States Code, Section two thousand two hundred fifty-five to vacate her sentence. The court’s reasoning The court reviewed the district court docket and found that the district court had denied the petitioner’s motions for compassionate release. The district court also granted her motion to withdraw her Section two thousand two hundred fifty-five motion and dismissed that motion with prejudice. Because the district court had recently decided the Section two thousand two hundred fifty-five and compassionate release motions, the petition for mandamus was moot. What it means going forward The denial of the mandamus petition leaves the district court’s prior rulings denying compassionate release and dismissing the habeas motion with prejudice in place.