In re: Delroy Williams, Jr.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
• Decided: April 28, 2023
• Docket: 23-1239
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 23-1239

In re: DELROY WILLIAMS, JR.,

Petitioner.

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)

Submitted: April 25, 2023 Decided: April 28, 2023

Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, THACKER, Circuit Judge, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Delroy Williams, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.

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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