In Re: Walker , 405 F. App'x 807 ( 2010 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 10-2109
    In Re:   KEVIN LAMONT WALKER,
    Petitioner.
    On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
    (4:05-cr-00005-RBS-JEB-1)
    Submitted:   December 16, 2010              Decided:   December 27, 2010
    Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
    Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Kevin Lamont Walker, Petitioner Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Kevin Lamont Walker petitions for a writ of mandamus
    seeking an order compelling the district court to resentence
    him.      We    conclude       that       Walker     is    not    entitled       to    mandamus
    relief.
    Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used
    only    in   extraordinary           circumstances.              Kerr    v.    United      States
    Dist.     Court,       
    426 U.S. 394
    ,   402      (1976);       United    States         v.
    Moussaoui,       
    333 F.3d 509
    ,       516-17       (4th     Cir.    2003).        Further,
    mandamus       relief    is    available         only     when    the    petitioner        has   a
    clear right to the relief sought.                       In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan
    Ass'n, 
    860 F.2d 135
    , 138 (4th Cir. 1988).
    Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal.
    In re Lockheed Martin Corp., 
    503 F.3d 351
    , 353 (4th Cir. 2007).
    The relief sought by Walker is not available by way of mandamus.
    Accordingly,         although        we    grant     leave       to     proceed       in   forma
    pauperis,       we     deny    the    petition       for       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: 10-2109

Citation Numbers: 405 F. App'x 807

Judges: Gregory, Duncan, Davis

Filed Date: 12/27/2010

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024