Leo Payne

Filing 920080701

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 08-1539

In Re:

LEO LIONEL PAYNE, Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

(3:07-cv-00614-JRS)

Submitted:

June 13, 2008

Decided:

July 1, 2008

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

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Leo Lionel Payne, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Virginia inmate Leo Lionel Payne petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the district court to issue a decision in Payne's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) action. The last

district court action occurred on November 19, 2007, when the district court granted Payne leave to proceed in forma pauperis. We find that mandamus relief is not warranted at this time because the delay since the district court's last significant action is not unreasonable. Accordingly, we deny Payne's mandamus

petition without prejudice to the filing of another such 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

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