UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-524
In Re: DAVID BRYANT WICKS,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (CR-96-593)
Submitted: April 17, 1997 Decided: April 30, 1997
Before NIEMEYER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
David Bryant Wicks, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
David Bryant Wicks has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus
seeking to prohibit the United States from using, at sentencing,
statements elicited in response to a proffer of immunity. The
granting of a writ of mandamus is a drastic remedy reserved for
situations in which the petitioner has no other adequate remedy. In
re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 860 F.2d 135, 138 (4th Cir. 1988).
Because alternative remedies are available to Wicks, we deny his
petition for a 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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