Woods v. Carlton

• Court: District Court, District of Columbia
• Decided: June 23, 2010
• Docket: Civil Action No. 2010-0916
• Status: Published

Opinion

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2 3 mm

Charles Anthony Woods, § c|;g:kt:i|%l-'?)iségg:t:nd

Petitioner, § v. § Civil Action No. lO-09l6

Amy Carlton et al. , § Respondents. g )

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Petitioner, a prisoner at the Federal Correctional Complex in Forrest City, Arkansas, has submitted a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The application will be granted and the petition will be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § l9l5A (requiring dismissal of a prisoner action upon a determination that the complaint, among other grounds, is frivolous or fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted).

The extraordinary remedy of a writ of mandamus is available to compel an "officer or employee of the United States or any agency thereof to perform a duty owed to plaintiff." 28 U.S.C. § 1361. The petitioner bears a heavy burden of showing that his right to a writ of mandamus is "clear and indisputable." In re Cheney, 406 F.3d 723, 729 (D.C. Cir. 2005) (citation omitted). The purported petition consists of incoherent statements that fail to provide a

basis for any type of relief. A separate Order of dismissal accompanies this Memorandum

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United States District Judge

Opinion.

r#~ Date: June 1’3 , 2010