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[him ] fr om un l aw ful confinem ent, provide his l egal papers, and enjoi n [the defe nd ants ] f ro m th is c o n d u c t.” (P e t. 1 .) W e w i l l den yt he p et i t i on . T he rem edyof m and am us i s r eser ved for t he m ost “extr aor di narys i tuat i ons . ” D eM as i v. W ei s s , 669 F. 2d 114, 117 ( 3d C i r . 1982) . I n or der t o ens ur e thatm andamus i s s par i ngl ygr ant ed, a pet i t i oners eeki ng a w r i tof m andamus
m us tdemonst r at e thatno ot heradequa t e means ar e ava i l abl e t o obt ai n t he des i r ed r el i ef and thatt he r i ghtt o i s s uance of the w r i ti s “cl earand i ndi s put abl e. ” A l l i ed C hem. C orp. v. D ai fl on, I nc. , 449 U . S. 33, 35 ( 1980) ( ci t at i ons om i t t ed) ; M edi a G en. O per at i ons v. B uchana n, 417 F. 3d 424, 434 ( 4t h C i r . 2005) . B eca us e B anks has ci vi l r emedi es avai l abl e, i ncl udi ng an ac t i on pur s uantt o B i vens v. Si x U nknow n Feder al N ar cot i cs A gen t s, 40 3 U . S . 38 8 (197 1), w hich shou l d b e broug ht i n the di stri ctcou rti n the fi rs t in s ta n c e , B a n k s h a s n o t e s ta b lis h e d th a t m a n d a m u s re lie f is w a rr a n te d . A ccordi ng l y , w e w i l l den yt he p et i t i on for a w ri tof m and am us.