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### GLD - 400 NOT PRECEDENTIAL UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

___________ No. 13

- 2295

___________ IN RE: MAURICE THOMAS,

Petitioner

____________________________________ On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the United States D istrict Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (Related to E.D. Pa. Crim. No. 11

- cr - 00618

- 003 )

____________________________________ Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.

August 22, 2013 Before: FUENTES, FISHER and VANASKIE , Circuit Judges

( Opinion filed : September 9, 2013 )

_________ OPINION

_________ PER CURIAM Maurice Thomas seeks a writ of mandamus to address alleged delays in the adjudication of his criminal proceedings in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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### A wri t of mandamus is a drastic remedy available only in extraordinary cases. See In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig. , 418 F.3d 372, 378 (3d Cir. 2005). A party seeking mandamus must show that he has “no other adequate means

1 

### Although he is represented by counsel in the District Court, he has filed his mandamus petition pro se.

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to attain the relief he desires” and that his right to the writ is “clear and indisputable.” Hollingsworth v. Perry , 558 U.S. 183, 190 (2010) (per curiam) (quotation marks omitted).
In October 2012, the District Court denied Thomas ’ counseled mo tion to dismiss the charges against h im based in part on his right to a speedy trial. To the extent Thomas intends to challenge that ruling he may not do so via a petition for a writ of mandamus

. A mandamus petition is not a substitute for an appeal and may not be used to circumvent the fin al judgment rule

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### In re Baldwin , 700 F.3d 122, 127 (3d Cir. 2102) ; In re Kensington Int’l Ltd. , 353 F.3d 211, 219 (3d Cir. 2003) . If he is convicted , Thomas may challenge the District Court’s interlocutory rulings by taking an appeal after entry of a fi nal judgment. See, e.g. , United States v. Graves , — F.3d

— , No. 12

- 2688, 2013 WL 3112703 at *1

– 4 (3d Cir. June 21, 2013) ( reviewing Speedy Trial Act claim on direct appeal) ; United States v. Willaman , 437 F.3d 354, 357

– 59 (3d Cir. 2006) (same)

. According ly, we will deny the petition for a writ of mandamus.

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### A District Court’s denial of a speedy trial motion is not immediately appealable. United St ates v. Culbertson , 598 F.3d 40, 48 (2d Cir. 2010) (“a district court’s order denying dismissal for an a lleged violation of a defendant’ s right to a speedy trial is not reviewable on interlocutory appeal”) (citing United States v. MacDonald , 435 U.S. 850 , 857 (1978)) ; cf. United States v. Kuper , 522 F.3d 302, 303

– 305 (3d Cir. 2008) (holding that an order dismissing an indictment without prejudice pursuant to the Speedy Trial Act is not immediately appealable and may be appealed if defendant is re

- indicted a nd convicted)

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