In re: Robert Green, Sr.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion for writ of mandamus (FRAP 21) [999669149-2]; denying Motion to seal [999698826-2], denying Motion to seal [999673851-2]; terminating Motion to require response [999673851-3] Originating case number: 1:99-cv-02941-MJG Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999739507]. Mailed to: Robert Green, Sr.. [15-2154]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-2154

In Re:

ROBERT E. GREEN, SR.,
Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
(1:99-cv-02941-MJG)

Submitted:

January 19, 2016

Decided:

January 21, 2016

Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Robert E. Green, Sr., Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Robert E. Green, Sr., petitions for a writ of mandamus,
seeking an order allowing him to enter a federal courthouse from
which he has been barred by court orders in order to receive a
sum of money he believes is on deposit there. *

We conclude that

Green is not entitled to mandamus relief.
Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only
in extraordinary circumstances.

Kerr v. U.S. Dist. Court, 426

U.S. 394, 402 (1976); United States v. Moussaoui, 333 F.3d 509,
516-17 (4th Cir. 2003).

Further, mandamus relief is available

only when the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought.
In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass’n, 860 F.2d 135, 138 (4th Cir.
1988).

Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal.

In

re Lockheed Martin Corp., 503 F.3d 351, 353 (4th Cir. 2007).
The
mandamus.
mandamus.
oral

relief

sought

Accordingly,

by

Green

we

deny

is

not

the

available

petition

by

for

way

of

writ

of

We deny Green’s motions to seal and dispense with

argument

because

the

facts

*

and

legal

contentions

are

Green previously filed an unsuccessful appeal of these
orders and an order denying a related motion.
See Green v.
Mayor and City Council, 532 F. App’x 413 (4th Cir. 2013) (No.
13-1319).

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presented

in

the

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materials

before

this

court

and

argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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