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Parties Involved:
David L. Smith
Petitioner

Document Text:

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

April 4, 2008

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

In re:

DAVID L. SMITH,

Petitioner.

No. 08-1067

ORDER

Before MURPHY, GORSUCH, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

David L. Smith, an attorney proceeding pro se, has filed a mandamus

petition seeking an order that he be readmitted to the bar of the United States

District Court for the District of Colorado. 

Mandamus “is an extraordinary remedy, which will issue only upon a

showing (1) that petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought, (2) that the

respondent has a plainly defined and peremptory duty to do the action in question,

and (3) that no other adequate remedy is available.” In re McCarthey, 368 F.3d

1266, 1268 (10th Cir. 2004) (quotations and alterations omitted). It is the

petitioner’s burden to show that his right to the writ is “clear and indisputable.” 

Id. (quotation omitted). Mr. Smith has failed to shoulder this burden, as he has

not established that he has a “clear right” to be readmitted to the district court’s

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bar or that the district court “has a plainly defined and peremptory duty” to

readmit him.

The petition for a writ of mandamus is DENIED.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

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