Walker v. Filbert

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-8011
RAYMOND ALEXANDER WALKER,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
WILLIAM FILBERT, Warden, Maryland Correctional
Institution - Jessup; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR.,
Attorney General for Maryland,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson E. Legg, District Judge. (CA-01-
2906)
Submitted: February 21, 2002 Decided: March 6, 2002
Before WILKINS, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Raymond Alexander Walker, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Raymond Alexander Walker filed a petition for a writ of man-
damus in the District of Maryland seeking it to compel the Maryland
Court of Appeals to consider certain pleadings Walker had filed in
that state court. The district court declined Walker’s petition
for mandamus relief and denied his motion to reconsider.
Mandamus is a drastic remedy to be used only in extraordinary
circumstances. Kerr v. United States Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394,
402 (1976). Courts are extremely reluctant to grant mandamus re-
lief. In re Ford Motor Co., 751 F.2d 274, 275 (8th Cir. 1984). In
seeking mandamus relief, a petitioner carries the heavy burden of
showing that he has no other adequate means to attain the relief
and that his right to such relief is clear and indisputable. In re
First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 860 F.2d 135, 138 (4th Cir. 1988).
Walker failed to meet this heavy burden and thus we affirm on the
reasoning of the district court’s orders denying Walker’s mandamus
petition and motion to reconsider. See In re: Walker, No. CA-01-
2906 (D. Md. Oct. 9, 2001; Oct. 29, 2001). 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.
AFFIRMED
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