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UN I TE D S TA TE S C OU RT OF AP PE AL S FO R T HE TH IRD C IRCU IT NO. 05- 4394

________________ IN RE: JUSTIN M. CORLI SS, Pet i t i oner

____________________________________ On aPe t i t i on for

W r i t of Mandam

us fr om the Uni t e d St at e s Di s tr i c t

Court for the M id d le D istrict o f

P en n sylv an ia ( Re l at e d t o M. D. Pa . Ci v. No. 03- c v- 02201)

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Subm i tt e d Unde r

Rul e 21, Fe d. R. App. Pr o. Nove m be r 4, 2005 Be for e : CHI EF JUDGE SCI RI CA, W EI S and GARTH, CI RCUI T JUDGES. Fi l e d: De c e m be r 12, 2005

_______________________ OP INI ON

_______________________ PER CURI AM.

Pr o s e pe t i t i one r

Jus t i n M. Cor l i s s s e e ks awr i t of m andam

us t o c om pe l the Uni t e d St at e s Di s tr i c t

Court for the Mi ddl e Di s tr i c t

of Pe nns yl vani at o a c t

on hi s m ot i ons fi l e d i n hi s habe a s c or

pus pr oc e e di ngs . Spe c i fi c a l l y , i n May 2005, Cor l i s s fi l e d am ot i on to reco n sid er th e D istrict C o u rt’s A p ril 2 6 , 2 0 0 5 o rd er d en yin g h ab eas relief , as w ell as a
m otion see king the Dis tr ic t Jud ge’s re cusa l. Stat ing that t he m atte rs re m ai nedunr e s ol ve d, Cor l i s s s ubm i tt e d am andam us pe t i t i on i n Se pt e m

be r 2005. Co rl is s’ s m otion f

or re consider at ion andre cusa l m otion w er e pending at the t im e this m andam

us peti ti on was fil ed. How ever , on Septem ber 23, 20 05 , the Distri ct Co urt denie d b oth m otions. Thu s, the m atte r before us i s now m oo t. To the e xtent that Cor l i s s s e e ks r e l i e f r e l at i ng t o the m e r i t s of the c l a i m s r a i s e d i n hi s habe a s pe t i t i on,
m andamus i s not an al t er nat i ve t o an appe al
. I n r e C hamber s D ev. C o. , 148 F. 3d 214, 223 ( 3d C i r . 1998) ( “a w r i t of m andamus s houl d not be i s s ued w her e r el i ef may be obt ai ned thro u g h an o rdin ary ap p ea l”).

We no te that

Co rl is s r efers to the m andam us ac ti on that

he previously

file d in this Co urt, do cket ed at C.A. No . 05-18 95 , i n w hich he soug ht to com pel the Distri ct C o u rt t o r u l e o nh i s th e n - p e n d i n g h ab e a s p e t i t i o n . W h e nth at man d amu s r e qu e s t

b e c ame m o o t up o nth e D istrict C o u rt’s d en ial o f h ab eas relief

, C o rliss requ esteda ref

u n do f h is fi l i ng fe e . W e de ni e d the r e fund r e que s t i n our May 31, 2005 or de r . I n hi s c urr e nt m an d am u s p etitio n , C o rliss ag ain seek s reim b u rsem en t o f

th e p rev io u sly -p aidf

ilin g f ee. We ag aind en y

th is requ est. We w ill d en y

th e p etitio nf

o r a w rit o f

m an d am u s.