Michael Lyle
Filing
920090826
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-1631
In Re:
MICHAEL TYRONE LYLE, Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (1:02-cr-00395)
Submitted:
August 20, 2009
Decided:
August 26, 2009
Before WILKINSON and Senior Circuit Judge.
MICHAEL,
Circuit
Judges,
and
HAMILTON,
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael Tyrone Lyle, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Michael Lyle petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing error. the We district conclude court Lyle is to not correct entitled its to
jurisdictional
mandamus relief. Mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought. Loan Ass'n, is 860 a F.2d drastic 135, 138 (4th and In re First Fed. Sav. & Cir. 1988). only be Further, used in
mandamus
remedy
should
extraordinary circumstances.
Kerr v. United States Dist. Court,
426 U.S. 394, 402 (1976); In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir. 1987). Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for
appeal. 1979).
In re United Steelworkers, 595 F.2d 958, 960 (4th Cir.
The relief sought by Lyle is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, while we grant leave to proceed in forma We legal
pauperis, we deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. dispense with oral argument because the facts and
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED
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