Opinion
23-1239
04-28-2023
In re: DELROY WILLIAMS, JR., Petitioner.
Delroy Williams, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.
UNPUBLISHED
Submitted: April 25, 2023
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. (1:17-cr-00336-ELH-1)
Delroy Williams, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, THACKER, Circuit Judge, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM.
Delroy Williams, Jr., petitions for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order from this court directing the district court to accept for filing two motions that a third party filed on Williams' behalf, without Williams' signature. We conclude that Williams is not entitled to mandamus relief.
Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 542 U.S. 367, 380 (2004); In re Murphy-Brown, LLC, 907 F.3d 788, 795 (4th Cir. 2018). Further, mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought and "has no other adequate means to attain the relief [he] desires." Murphy-Brown, 907 F.3d at 795 (alteration and internal quotation marks omitted).
The relief Williams seeks is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED.