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Parties Involved:
Teresa L. Bland
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 09-2031

In Re: TERESA L. BLAND,

Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

(0:06-cr-01255-JFA-2)

Submitted: February 18, 2010 Decided: March 23, 2010

Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Teresa L. Bland, Petitioner Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Teresa L. Bland petitions for a writ of mandamus 

seeking an order directing the district court and/or the Bureau 

of Prisons to allow her to serve her sentence through home 

confinement. We conclude that Bland is not entitled to mandamus 

relief. 

Mandamus is a drastic remedy and should be used only 

in extraordinary circumstances. United States v. Moussaoui, 

333 F.3d 509, 516 (4th Cir. 2003). Mandamus relief is available 

only when the petitioner has a clear, indisputable right to the 

relief sought. Id. at 517. Moreover, mandamus may not be used 

as a substitute for appeal. In re Lockheed Martin Corp., 503 

F.3d 351, 353 (4th Cir. 2007). Because Bland has no 

indispensible right to serve her sentence through home 

confinement, the relief she seeks is not available by way of 

mandamus. Further, it is abundantly clear that she seeks to use 

mandamus as a vehicle to circumvent the appeal process.

Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. 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

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