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In re Rutland

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Sep 19, 2007
241 F. App'x 989 (4th Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 07-6732.

Submitted: September 13, 2007.

Decided: September 19, 2007.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (9:06-cv-02030).

Edward Randall Rutland, Petitioner pro se.

Before GREGORY and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Edward Randall Rutland petitions for a writ of mandamus, alleging the district court has unduly delayed acting on his motion for reconsideration of the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) habeas petition. He seeks an order from this court directing the district court to act. Although we find that mandamus relief is not warranted because the delay is not unreasonable, we deny the mandamus petition without prejudice to the filing of another mandamus petition if the district court does not act expeditiously. 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.


Summaries of

In re Rutland

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Sep 19, 2007
241 F. App'x 989 (4th Cir. 2007)
Case details for

In re Rutland

Case Details

Full title:In re: Edward Randall RUTLAND, Petitioner

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Sep 19, 2007

Citations

241 F. App'x 989 (4th Cir. 2007)