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H ubertJ acks on, a Penns y l vani a i nm at e, s eeks a w r i tof m andamus di r ect i ng th e U n ited S tate s D istric t C o u rt f o r th e W e ste rn D istric t o f P e n n sy lv a n ia to “ in q u ir[ e ] in to the l egal i tyof the det ent i on of pet i t i oneron [the] bas i s thatgr ound one of the . . . habea s c o rp u s p e tit io n [ d o c k e ted a t W .D . P a .. C iv . N o . 0 9 -c v -0 0 0 8 7 ] ra ise s a c laim th a t th e S tate C our tj udgm entof s ent ence i s C ons t i tut i onal l yi nfi r m [. ] ” Pet i t i on at1. W e w i l l denyt he2

m andamus pe t i t i on.

In 1 9 8 9 , Ja c k so n e n ter e d a p lea o f n o lo c o n ten d e re in A lleg h e n yC o u n tyto c h a rg e s o f

ra p e , b u rg lar y , ag g ra v a ted a ss a u lt an d ter ro ristic th re a ts, a n d w a s s e n ten c e d to 20 t o 40 y ear s i n pr i s on. ( C as e N o. 1988- 10278) . I n 1999, J acks on fi l ed a ha beas p e titio n u n d e r 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 . T h e D is tr ic t C o u rt d e n ie d th e p e titio n a s tim e b a rr e d . ( W . D . Pa. C i v. N o. 99- cv- 1793) . J acks on fi l ed anotherhabea s pet i t i on i n 2005, w hi ch the Di s tr i c tCo u r ttr a n s f

e r r e d t o th i s Co u r tt o b e tr e a t e d a s a n a p p l i c a t i o n u n d e r2 8 U. S . C. § 2244 forl eave t o fi l e a s econd ors ucce s s i ve pet i t i on. T hi s C our tdeni ed the a p p lic a tio n . (C .A . N o . 0 5 -2 1 2 6 .)

I n 2009, J acks on fi l ed the y etanotherhabea s pet i t i on. ( W . D . Pa. . C i v. N o. 09- cv- 00087. ) “C l ai m ( 1) ” as s ert ed “f al s e i m pr i s onm entdue t o fr aud byoffi cer s of the courtr ender i ng j udgm entof s ent ence i n vi ol at i on of due pr oces s voi d. ” The D i s tr i ct C our tdi s m i s s ed the pet i t i on as t i m e barr ed. T hi s C our tdeni ed a c ert i fi cat e of ap p ea labili ty , an d d en ied J ac k so n ’s pe ti ti o n fo r reh ea ri n g en b an c. (C . A . N o . 0 9 -19 2 6 . ) J acks on then fi l ed thi s m andamus pr ocee di ng.

A w ri t of m an d am u s is an ap p rop ri ate rem ed yin ex tr ao rdin ary ci r cumst ance s onl y . K errv. U ni t ed St at es D i s t . C t . , 426 U . S. 394, 403 ( 1976) . “B efor e a w ri tof m and am us m ayi ssue, a partym ustest abli sh t hat ( 1) no o ther adeq uate m eans ex i st t o att ai n the r el i ef he des i r es , ( 2) the party ’ s r i ghtt o i s s uance of the w r i ti s cl earand i ndi s put abl e, and ( 3) the w r i ti s appr opr i at e underthe ci r cumst ance s . ” H ol l i ngs w or th v.A l though J acks on r ai s es es s ent i al l ythe s ame ar gum enti n the mandam us pet i t i on at 1 C . A . N o . 0 9 -45 5 4 , h is ch all en g e in th at pro ce ed ing co n ce rns a d iffe ren t st ate c o u rt c o n v ic tio n a n d s e n te n c e . A c c o rd in g ly, w e a d d re s s h is m a n d a m u s re q u e s ts s e p a ra te ly. Perry , – U . S. –, 2010 U . S. L E X I S 533, at*11 ( U . S. J an. 13, 2010) ( percur i am) ( quot at i on m a rk s a n d p u n c tu a tio n o m itte d ).

B e c a u se th e 2 0 0 9 h a b e a s p e tit io n h a s b e e n d ism iss e d , an d th a t m a tter is cl os ed, J acks on has no r i ghtt o compel a rul i ng on the mer i t s of the pet i t i on. T he pr oper m e a n s f o r Ja c k so n to c h a llen g e th e c o n stitu tio n a lityo f h is c o n v ictio n a n d se n ten c e in fede r al courti s under28 U . S. C . § 2254. B eca us e J acks on has had a pr i orrul i ng on the m er i t s of a § 2254 pe t i t i on, he mustobt ai n thi s C our t ’ s perm i s s i on t o fi l e a s econd or s ucce s s i ve pet i t i on. See 28 U . S. C . § 2244. M andamus, how ever , i s nota means for evadi ng compl i ance w i th t he gat ekee pi ng r equi r ement s thatgovern s econd ors ucce s s i ve p e t i t i o n s . Cf. Un i t e d S t a t e s v . Ba p t i s t e , 2 2 3 F . 3 d 1 8 8 , 1 8 9 - 9 0 ( 3 d Ci r . 2 0 0 0 ) ( p e rc u r i a m) ( pr i s onerm aynotus e w r i tof cor am nobi s t o evade gat ekee pi ng r equi r ement s ) ; M as s eyv. U n ited S tate s, 5 8 1 F .3 d 1 7 2 , 1 7 4 (3 d C ir. 2 0 0 9 ) (p riso n e r c a n n o t se e k re lief th ro u g h w rit o f a u d it a q u ere la on the b asis o f a n inab il ityto sa ti sfythe g atek ee p ing req u ir em en ts) .

F o r th e se re a so n s, w e w ill d e n yth e p e tit io n . Ja c k so n ’s m o tio n to c o n so lid a te th is p ro c e e d in g w ith th e m a n d a m u s p e tit io n d o c k e ted a t C .A . N o . 0 9 -4 5 5 4 is deni ed. 1