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____________________________________ O n a Pet i t i on forW r i tof M andamus fr om the U n ited S tate s D istric t C o u rt f o r th e E a ste rn D istric t o f P e n n sy lv a n ia ( R el at ed t o E . D . Pa. C i v. N o. 10- cv- 01834)

____________________________________ Sub mi t t e d Pu r s ua ntt o Rul e 21 , Fe d. R. A pp . P.

J une 30, 2010 B efor e: M C K E E , C hi ef J udge, SC I R I C A and W E I S, C i r cui tJ udges

O pi ni on fi l ed: J ul y26, 2010

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_________ P E R C U R I A M.

Pet i t i onerA r i B ai l eys eeks a w r i tof m andamus c oncerni ng a ci vi l cas e that h e f i l e d i n th e U n i t e d S t a t e s D i s tr i c tC o u r tf o rth e E a s t e rn D i s tr i c to f P e n n s y l v a n i a . We w i l l denythe pet i t i on.

A n i nmat e of

the U ni t e d St a t e s Pr i s on a tLewi s bu r g, Pe nn s y l va ni a ( “ U SPL ew i s bur g) , B ai l eyi dent i fi es hi m s el f i n hi s m andamus pe t i t i on as the cl as s r epr es ent at i ve fo r nu m ero u s p lai n ti ff

s. In A p ri l 20 1 0 , B ail eyinit iat ed a c ivil ac ti o n in the D istri ct C o u rt byfi l i ng an appl i cat i on t o pr ocee d i n form a paupe r i s . B yor derent er ed M ay5, 2010, t he2

D i s tr i ctC our t , w i thoutr eac hi ng the mer i t s of the cl ai m s , di r ect ed the cl erk t o cl os e the cas e s t at i s t i cal l y . T he D i s tr i ctC our tnot ed thateac h i ndi vi dual pl ai nt i ff musts i gn the compl ai nti n acc or dance w i th Feder al R ul e of Ci vi l Pr ocedur e 11, and thateac h pl ai nt i ff m us tei therpaythe fi l i ng fee orfi l e a mot i on t o pr ocee d i n form a paupe r i s . T he D i s tr i ct C o u rt a ls o n o te d th a t U S P -L e w is b u rg is lo c a te d in th e M id d le D is tr ic t o f P e n n s y lv a n ia . B ai l ey

### as ks this Co urt for as sort ed re li ef, including re vers alor vacation o f the Distri ct C o urt’s o rd er, tran sf

er o f th e actio nto th e Un itedS tates D istrict C o urt f o r th e M id d le D istrict o f

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icatio no f th e ap p licatio no f

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C iv il P ro cedure 2 3 (co n cern in g class actio n s) to 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 9 1 5 (th e inf o rm a p aup eris statute). H e also requ ests th at w e co m p el th e d ef

en d ants inh is law su it to allo wh im to obt a i n the ne c e s s ary

s i gnat ure s of a l lthe pl a i nt i ffs unde r e s c ort thr ough the pri s on, and that we is sue s umm on s und er Federa lR u le of

C ivil P roc ed u re 4 (a). A w r i tof m andamus i s an extr aor di naryr emedy . See I n r e Pas quar i el l o, 16 F .3 d 5 2 5 , 5 2 8 (3 d C ir. 1 9 9 4 ). T h e p e tit io n e r m u st h a v e n o o th e r a d e q u a te m e a n s to o b tain th e re lief

d e sire d a n d th e p e tit io n e r m u st s h o w a “ c lea r a n d in d isp u tab le” rig h t to the w ri t. S ee K err v . U n it ed S tat es D istri ct C o u rt , 4 2 6 U . S . 3 9 4 , 4 0 3 (19 7 6 ).

T o t he ext entthatB ai l eys eeks r evi ew of the D i s tr i ctC our t ’ s or der , he has an al t ernat i ve means t o r ai s e hi s chal l enges conce rni ng the i ndi vi dual pl ai nt i ff f ee s t atus i s s ue i n a pr operappea l , w hi ch maybe comm ence d aft erthe D i s tr i ctC our thas ent er ed anWe a c k n o wl e d g e th a tBa i l e yma k e s r e f e r e n c e t o h i s a p p e a l i n C. A. 1 N o . 1 0 -2 5 0 7 . T h a t ap p e a l is n o t b e f o re u s, a n d w e d o n o t co m m e n t o n a p p e llate ju risd ictio n o v e r th a t ap p e a l o r o n th e m e rits o f th a t ap p e a l. 3 app eal able or der. M and am us i s not a s ub st i tute for an app eal . S ee M add en v . M ey ers , 1 102 F. 3d 74, 77 ( 3d C i r . 1996) . B ai l eyal s o as ks us t o fac i l i t at e hi s pr epar at i on of the c o m p lain t in o b tain in g sig n a tu re s a n d to d ire c t se rv ice to b e m a d e , to tra n sf e r h is c a se to the U nit ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rtfor the M i dd l e D i stri ctof P enn sy l van i a, and t o o therw i se o p in e o r a ss ist w ith th e m e rits o f h is c a se . T o th e e x ten t th a t an yo f th e se re q u e sts c o u ld b e a p ro p e r f

o rm o f m a n d a m u s re lie f

, w e c o n c lu d e th a t s u c h re lie f is n o t w a rr a n te d h e re . W e dec l i ne t o gr antthe extr aor di naryr emedyof m andamus i n thi s s i tuat i on. B ai l eyhas nots how n thathe l acks anyot herm eans of obt ai ni ng r el i ef. W e not e thathi s compl ai nt w as n o t of

ficiall yfil ed as p art of

the re co rd w h il e the ca se w as in the p reli m inaryp o sture p e n d in g th e re so lu tio n o f th e p lain tiff

s’ f e e sta tu se s, a n d th a t th e m a tter is o n a p p e a l. A c c o rd in g ly, 

### we wi l lde ny Ba i l e y ’ s m andam

us pe t i t i on.