Henry Miller

Filing 920100317

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-2407

In Re:

HENRY EARL MILLER, Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (6:09-cv-01150-HFF)

Submitted:

March 16, 2010

Decided:

March 17, 2010

Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Henry Earl Miller, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Henry Earl Miller petitions for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order directing the district court to comply with a letter from this court forwarding for "appropriate disposition" correspondence from Miller with respect to his attempt to file a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2006) petition. is a drastic remedy to be used only in

Mandamus

extraordinary circumstances, when "the petitioner has no other adequate means to obtain relief to which there is a clear and indisputable right." 460 F.3d 576, 592 In re Blackwater Sec. Consulting, L.L.C., (4th Cir. 2006) (internal quotations and

citation omitted). writ of mandamus." 1987).

"Courts are extremely reluctant to grant a In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir.

The relief sought by Miller is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in We

forma pauperis, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. 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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