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J ohnnyL opez ha s fi l ed a mandamus pet i t i on pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1651, se e k in g to c o m p e l th e U n ited S tate s D istric t C o u rt f o r th e D istric t o f

D e law a re to sig n a ll or der s i ti s s ues and t o or dert he r es pondent s i n t he under l y i ng habea s corpus pr ocee di ng t o s i gn al l m ot i ons and pl eadi ngs s ubm i t t ed t o t he court . W e w i l l denyt he pet i t i on.2 It a p p e a rs th a t co u n se l f o r th e h a b e a s re sp o n d e n ts f iled a m o tio n o n A p ril 14, 2005, s eeki ng an ext ens i on of t i m e i n w hi ch t o fi l e an a ns w ert o L opez’ s habea s corpus p et i t i on usi ng C M / E C F . T he C M / E C F sy st em i s a r el at i velynew case m anage m ents y s t em i m pl ement ed i n t he Feder al J udi ci aryw hi ch al l ow s cour t s t o acc ept fi l i ngs and pr ovi de ac ces s t o fi l ed document s overt he I nt ernet . A s s etfor t h i n t he D i s t r i ct C our t ’ s St andi ng O r derof February8, 2005, “C M / E C F per m i t s el ectr oni c fi l i ng, s i gni ng, an d v erificati o n o f p lead ing s an d o ther p ap ers w ith the C lerk o f C o u rtthro u g h the C o u rt ’s publ i c w eb s i t e . . . and author i zes t he C l erk of C our tt o s erve not i ce of or der s and ju d g m e n ts e lec tro n ica lly .” C o n g re ss re c o g n ize d th e v a lid ityo f e lec tro n ic s ig n a tu re s w ith t he pas s age of

t he El ectr oni c Si gnatur es A cti n 2000, and el ectr oni c fi l i ng i n t he D i s t r i ct C o u rtfo r th e D istri ct of D elaw are w en t i n to ef

fe ct on M arc h 1 , 2 0 0 5 . T h e D istri ct C o u rt th u s a c c e p te d th e m o tio n f o r d o c k e tin g , a n d g ra n te d th e h a b e a s re s p o n d e n ts ’ r e q u e s t. L o p ez w as n o ti fied o f th e e x tens ion b yan u n sign ed serv ice c o p yo f th e D istri ct C o u rt ’s or der . C l ai m i ng an ent i t l ementt o a hand- w r i t t en s i gnatur e on eve r ym ot i on s ubm i t t ed a n d o n e v e ryo rd e r iss u e d , L o p e z se e k s m a n d a m u s re lief f ro m th is C o u rt. T h e w ri t of

m an d am u s is an ex tr ao rdin aryrem ed y . T o justi fythe C o u rt ’s us e of thi s r emedy , a pet i t i onerm us tdemonstr at e thathe has a cl earand i ndi s put abl e r i ght to issua n ce o f th e w ri t. 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 ); D e M a si v . W e iss , 6 6 9 F .2 d 1 1 4 , 1 1 7 (3 d C ir. 1 9 8 2 ). N o su c h sh o w in g h a s b e e n m a d e in t he i ns t antcas e.3 T h e m o tio n su b m itt e d b yth e h a b e a s re sp o n d e n ts c o n tain s th e e lec tro n ic s i gnatur e of the D eputyA t t or neyG ener al w ho fi l ed i tand compl i es w i t h t he D i s t r i ct C o u rt ’s A d m in is tr a tiv e P ro c e d u re s G o v e rn in g F ilin g a n d S e rv ic e b yE le c tr o n ic M e a n s . A s set fo rth in S ec ti o n (H )(1) o f th o se p roc ed u res, “[t]he u ser log in an d p assw o rd r equi r ed t o s ubm i tdocument s t o C M / E C F sha l l s erve as t hatus er ’ s s i gnatur e forpurpos es o f F e d . R . C iv . P . 1 1 a n d f o r a ll o th e r p u rp o se s u n d e r th e F e d e ra l R u les o f C iv il Pr ocedur e and the Local R ul es of thi s C our t . ” C ouns el i ncl uded a s i gnatur e bl ock, s et f o r t h h e rn a me , a d d r e s s , t e l e p h o n e n u mb e ra n d e - ma i l a d d r e s s , a n d t yp e d h e rn a me pr ece ded bya “/ s / . ” See i d. A ddi t i onal l y , r es pondent s ’ m ot i on i ncl udes a ce r t i fi cat e of s ervi ce s t at i ng t hatt he mot i on has been f i l ed el ectr oni cal l yas r equi r ed bySect i on ( E ) ( 3) o f th e D istric t C o u rt’s S tan d in g O rd e r. A s f o r th e o rd e r iss u e d b yth e D istric t C o u rt, L opez poi nt s t o no l egal author i t yr equi r i ng t hata s i gnatur e appe aron a court - i s s ued o rde r an d w e h av e f

o u n d n o n e. In a cc o rda n ce w ith S ec ti o n (K )(2) o f th e D istri ct C o u rt ’s A dm i ni s t r at i ve Pr ocedur es , a t extentr ygr ant i ng t he mot i on w as pl ace d upon t he docke t and Lopez w as pr ovi ded a c opyof the or der . I f Lopez has anyconce r ns as t o w hethert he r es pondent s i n hi s habea s pr ocee di ng t rul yfi l ed a mot i on t hatw as s erved upon hi m or w h e th e r th e c o u rt a c tu a llyiss u e d a n o rd e r o f w h ich h e re c e iv e d n o tice , h e n e e d m e re ly r evi ew t he D i s t r i ctC our tdockets heetforconfi r m at i on.

A ccor di ngl y , fort he for egoi ng r eas ons , t he pet i t i on fora w r i tof m andamus w i l l be deni ed.