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_________ P E R C U R I A M. P ro se p eti ti o n er Ja m es T all eyfil ed a p eti ti o n fo r w ri t of m an d am u s in this C o u rt o n Ju n e 3 , 2 0 0 8 . A lth o u g h th e p e tit io n is n o t en tirelyc lea r, ita p p e a rs th a t T a lleyw o u ld l i ke thi s C our tt o or dert he def endant s i n t he under l y i ng di s t r i ctcour tcas e ( D . N . J . C i v. N o. 04- cv- 01146) t o “s how caus e” f ort hei rr efus al t o compl yw i t h a di s t r i ctcour tor der an d fo r th eir m o ti o n fo r san cti o n s (w h ich th e D istri ct C o u rtg ran ted).2

M an d am u s is an ap p rop ri ate rem ed yin ex tr ao rdin arycircu m stan ce s o n ly . S ee In r e D i etD rugs Pr ods . L i ab. L i t i g. , 418 F. 3d 372, 378 ( 3d C i r . 2005) . T r adi t i onal l y , i thas “been avail able t o a co urtof ap peals on l y‘t o co nfine an inferi or courtt o a law ful exerci se o f its p re sc rib e d ju risd ictio n o r to c o m p e l itto e x e rc ise its a u th o rityw h e n it i s its d u tyto do s o. ’ ” M adden v. M y er s , 102 F. 3d 74, 77 n. 3 ( 3d C i r . 1996) ( ci t i ng W i l l v. U ni t ed S t at es, 38 9 U . S . 90 , 95 (1967 )) . T o o btai n a w ri tof m and am us, t he p et i t i on er m ust est abli sh t hat he has “no otheradeq uate m eans t o att ai n . . . rel i ef, ” and t hat he has a “cl earand i ndi s put abl e” r i ghtt o i s s uance of the w r i t . I n r e D i etD rugs , 418 F. 3d at378- 79. T al l eyhas notes t abl i s hed thathe has a “c l earand i ndi s put abl e” r i ghtt o t he r el i ef he r eques t s , and w e w i l l t hus denyt he pet i t i on. F u rth erm o re, i f T all eyis actua ll yatt em p ti n g to ap p ea l from the D istri ct C o u rt ’s J ul y10, 2007 or dergr ant i ng t he def endant s ’ m ot i on fors anct i ons and/ ori t s Sept ember 6, 2 0 0 7 o rd e r g ra n tin g th e d e f e n d a n ts’ m o tio n f

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