In re: Shorter v. , 82 F. App'x 302 ( 2003 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 03-7274
    In Re: WILLIAM SHORTER, JR.,
    Petitioner.
    On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.     (CR-98-192-A)
    Submitted:   November 19, 2003            Decided:   December 4, 2003
    Before WILKINSON and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    William Shorter, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    William Shorter, Jr., filed a petition for a writ of mandamus
    requesting     this    court   to   order      his    immediate      release   from
    incarceration.        He has also filed an amendment to that petition.
    Mandamus is a drastic remedy, which will only be granted in
    extraordinary circumstances.        In re Beard, 
    811 F.2d 818
    , 826 (4th
    Cir. 1987) (citing Kerr v. United States Dist. Court, 
    426 U.S. 394
    (1976)). The party seeking mandamus relief has the heavy burden of
    showing that he has no other adequate avenue of relief and that his
    right to the relief sought is “clear and indisputable.”                     Allied
    Chem. Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc., 
    449 U.S. 33
    , 35 (1980) (citations
    omitted); In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 
    860 F.2d 135
    , 138
    (4th Cir. 1988). Because Shorter has other means of challenging the
    validity of his conviction, we find that he has not met this
    burden.
    Accordingly, while we grant Shorter’s motion for leave to
    proceed   in   forma    pauperis,   we       deny   his   petition    and   amended
    petition for a writ of mandamus.              We dispense with oral argument
    because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in
    the materials before the court and argument would not aid the
    decisional process.
    PETITION DENIED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 03-7274

Citation Numbers: 82 F. App'x 302

Judges: Wilkinson, Gregory, Hamilton

Filed Date: 12/4/2003

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024