NOTE: Pursuant to Fed. Cir. R. 47.6, this disposition is
not citable as precedent. It is a public record.
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
05-7145
DARRELL J. HAMPTON,
Claimant-Appellant,
v.
R. JAMES NICHOLSON, Secretary of Veterans Affairs,
Respondent-Appellee.
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DECIDED: March 9, 2006
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Before NEWMAN, MAYER, and GAJARSA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM.
Darrell J. Hampton appeals the dismissal of his petition for a writ of mandamus
as moot. Hampton v. Nicholson, No. 04-2199 (Vet. App. April 19, 2005). Because the
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims granted Hampton’s motion for a
panel hearing on his underlying appeal, 03-927, it did not abuse its discretion in
dismissing his petition for the writ, which requested extraordinary procedural action in
aid of that appeal. See Kerr v. United States Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394, 403 (1976)
(providing the standard for granting a writ of mandamus); Lamb v. Principi, 284 F.3d
1378 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (finding jurisdiction to review denials of a writ of mandamus by the
Veterans Court). Therefore, we affirm.