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Parties Involved:
Michael Eugene Simpson
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

In re:

MICHAEL EUGENE SIMPSON,

Petitioner.

No. 15-1379

(D.C. No. 1:14-CR-00265-PAB-1)

(D. Colo.)

ORDER

Before KELLY, GORSUCH, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.

Michael Eugene Simpson, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of 

mandamus seeking an order from this court directing the district court to dismiss the 

criminal action pending against him for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and other 

reasons detailed in the petition. “[A] writ of mandamus is a drastic remedy, and is to 

be invoked only in extraordinary circumstances.” In re Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., 

568 F.3d 1180, 1186 (10th Cir. 2009) (internal quotation marks omitted). “Three 

conditions must be met before a writ of mandamus may issue”: (1) the petitioner 

“must have no other adequate means to attain the relief he desires”; (2) “the 

petitioner must demonstrate that his right to the writ is clear and indisputable”; and 

(3) “the issuing court, in the exercise of its discretion, must be satisfied that the writ 

is appropriate under the circumstances.” Id. at 1187 (internal quotation marks

omitted). 

FILED

United States Court of Appeals

Tenth Circuit

October 22, 2015

Elisabeth A. Shumaker

Clerk of Court

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Mr. Simpson is not entitled to mandamus relief because he has “other adequate 

means to attain the relief he desires,” id. (internal quotation marks omitted). He has 

filed an appeal from the judgment entered against him in his criminal action. See 

United States v. Simpson, No. 1:14-CR-00265-PAB-1 (D. Colo. 2015), appeal 

docketed, No. 15-1295 (10th Cir. Aug. 21, 2015). Accordingly, we deny his 

mandamus petition.

Entered for the Court

ELISABETH A. SHUMAKER, Clerk

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