In Re: Tara Singhal

Filing

UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion for writ of mandamus (FRAP 21) [999900279-2]. Originating case number: 1:12-cv-00708-CMH-JFA. Copies to all parties and the district court. [999991722]. Mailed to: Tara Singhal. [16-1818]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-1818

In Re: TARA CHAND SINGHAL,
Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
(1:12-cv-00708-CMH-JFA)

Submitted:

December 6, 2016

Decided:

December 21, 2016

Before WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Tara Chand Singhal, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Tara Chand Singhal filed a petition for a writ of mandamus,
seeking:

(1)

an

order

voiding

the

district

court’s

order

granting the Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint in this
action; and (2) transfer of the action to a different district
court judge.

We deny the petition.

Mandamus is a drastic remedy that should be used only in
extraordinary circumstances.
394,

402

516-17

(1976);

(4th

United

Cir.

2003).

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

States
Relief

v.
is

Moussaoui,
available

333

F.3d

only

when

509,
the

petitioner has demonstrated 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).
Because Singhal has not made the requisite showing, we deny
the mandamus petition.

We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented in the
materials

before

this

court

and

argument

would

not

aid

the

decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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