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IN RE: Charles Jerome ADAMS, Petitioner.
    No. 16-1581
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: November 17, 2016
    Decided: November 21, 2016
    Charles Jerome Adams, Petitioner Pro Se.
    Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
   Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Charles Jerome Adams petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the district court to resentence him. We conclude that Adams 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, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (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).

The relief sought by Adams is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in for-ma pauperis, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal bonten-tions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

PETITION DENIED