UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-575
In Re: JOHN H. LEA, JR.,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
Submitted: January 23, 1997 Decided: January 31, 1997
Before RUSSELL, WILKINS, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John H. Lea, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
John H. Lea, Jr., a federal prisoner, brought this petition
for writ of mandamus alleging that the district court had unduly
delayed acting on a matter pending before it. Lea alleges that he
filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (1994) motion in the United States Dis-
trict Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division in
December 1994. Lea did not submit any portion of the district court
record to aid in understanding the matter set forth in the peti-
tion. See Fed. R. App. P. 21(a). The Alexandria Division of the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
has no record of any pending actions involving Lea before it, nor
does it have any record of any action filed in December 1994. We
therefore deny the petition.
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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