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Parties Involved:
Norman Alan Kerr
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1516

In re: NORMAN ALAN KERR, 

Petitioner. 

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Middle 

District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. (1:09-cr-00290-TDS-1; 1:22-cv-00194-TDSJEP) 

Submitted: December 5, 2024 Decided: December 9, 2024

Before GREGORY and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit 

Judge. 

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion. 

Norman Alan Kerr, Petitioner Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 

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PER CURIAM: 

Norman Alan Kerr petitions for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order from this 

court reversing his conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He also seeks leave to 

amend his petition. We grant that motion and have considered the arguments in the motion 

to amend in our review. We conclude that Kerr is not entitled to mandamus relief. 

Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary 

circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 542 U.S. 367, 380 (2004); In re Murphy-Brown, 

LLC, 907 F.3d 788, 795 (4th Cir. 2018). Mandamus relief is available only when the 

petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought and “has no other adequate means to attain 

the relief [he] desires.” Murphy-Brown, 907 F.3d at 795 (cleaned up). Mandamus may not 

be used as a substitute for appeal. In re Lockheed Martin Corp., 503 F.3d 351, 353 (4th Cir. 

2007). 

The relief sought by Kerr is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, we 

deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. We dispense with oral argument because the 

facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and 

argument would not aid the decisional process. 

PETITION DENIED

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