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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeals

For the Eighth Circuit

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No. 15-3640

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Michael John Bui

lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

U.S. Attorney’s Office

lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee

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Appeal from United States District Court 

for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis

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 Submitted: May 2, 2016

Filed: May 4, 2016

[Unpublished]

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Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

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Michael Bui appeals after the District Court dismissed his petition for a writ 1

of mandamus. Upon careful de novo review, see Hart v. United States, 630 F.3d

1085, 1088 (8th Cir. 2011) (reviewing de novo the dismissal of a complaint for lack

of subject-matter jurisdiction based on sovereign immunity), we conclude that

dismissal was proper, see Borntrager v. Stevas, 772 F.2d 419, 420 (8th Cir.)

(“[M]andamus may issue against an officer of the United States only when the

plaintiff has a clear right to relief, the defendant has a clear duty to perform the act

in question, and the plaintiff has no adequate alternative remedy.”), cert. denied, 474

U.S. 1008 (1985); see also Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (noting that

a pleading “must contain sufficient factual matter” to state a claim that is plausible

on its face in order to avoid dismissal); In re Lombardi, 741 F.3d 888, 893–94 (8th

Cir.) (en banc) (explaining the standards for granting a petition for writ of

mandamus), cert. denied, 134 S. Ct. 1790 (2014). Accordingly, we affirm.

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The Honorable JohnR. Tunheim, Chief Judge, United States District Court for

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the District of Minnesota, adopting the report and recommendations ofthe Honorable

Franklin L. Noel, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Minnesota.

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