UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6933
In Re: EDDIE THOMAS JACKSON,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (CR-00-607)
Submitted: July 8, 2002 Decided: July 18, 2002
Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Eddie Thomas Jackson, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Eddie Thomas Jackson filed this petition for a writ of
mandamus seeking to compel the district court to consider his post-
judgment motion to dismiss the indictment filed June 19, 2002.
Mandamus is a drastic remedy only to be used in extraordinary
circumstances. In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826-27 (4th Cir. 1987).
Mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has a clear
and indisputable right to the relief sought and there are no other
adequate means for obtaining the requested relief. Allied Chem.
Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc., 449 U.S. 33, 35 (1980); Beard, 811 F.2d at
826. Jackson has failed to make the requisite showing for such
extraordinary relief. Our review of the district court docket sheet
discloses that there has been no undue delay in Jackson’s motion.
We grant Jackson’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. We
deny Jackson’s petition for mandamus relief. 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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