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In re: Cecil Edward JACKSON, Petitioner.
    No. 04-7428.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: Dec. 17, 2004.
    Decided: Jan. 5, 2005.
    Cecil Edward Jackson, Petitioner pro se.
    Before NIEMEYER and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
    Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).
   PER CURIAM:

Cecil Edward Jackson petitions this court for a writ of mandamus to compel the district court to act on his motion filed under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) on February 23, 2004. Mandamus is a drastic remedy, to be granted only in extraordinary circumstances. In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir.1987). We find there has been no undue delay by the district court. We therefore deny Jackson’s petition for writ of mandamus without prejudice to his right to refile if the district court fails to act expeditiously on his Rule 60(b) motion. While we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we 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