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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

Uni!'stl L E D 

Te~ ~~':'uif Appeals 

F£B 241988 

RALPH M. 

v. 

STATE OF 

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Petitioner-Appellant, } 

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NEW MEXICO, } 

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Respbndent-Appellee. } 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 87-2643 

(D.C. No. 87-1157-JB} 

(D. N.M} 

Before MOORE and TACHA, Circuit Judges, and BRIMMER, Chief Judge.* 

*Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer, Chief Judge, United States 

District Court for the District of Wyoming, sitting by 

designation. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.8. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

This is an appeal from an order of the district court 

dismissing a complaint seeking a writ of mandamus directed to a 

state court. 

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Federal courts may not issue a writ of mandamus to compel a 

state court in the performance of its duties. Moye v. Clerk, 

Dekalb County Superior Court, 474 F.2d 1275 (5th Cir. 1973). 

Accordingly, the judgment of the United States District Court 

for the District of New Mexico is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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