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Parties Involved:
Brandon Michael Pickens
Petitioner

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1017

In re: BRANDON MICHAEL PICKENS,

Petitioner.

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

District of North Carolina, at Asheville. (1:20-cv-00353-MR)

Submitted: February 27, 2024 Decided: March 1, 2024

Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Brandon Michael Pickens, Petitioner Pro Se. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Brandon Michael Pickens petitions for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the district 

court has unduly delayed in ruling on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Pickens seeks 

an order from this court directing the district court to act. However, upon review, the 

present record does not reveal undue delay in the district court. Accordingly, we deny the 

mandamus petition.∗

 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

∗ While we deny mandamus relief at this juncture, we encourage the district court 

to act as expeditiously as possible in this matter.

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