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M ar ch 18, 2010 B efore: M C K E E , R E N D E L L and S M ITH , C i rcui tJudg es

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_______________________ P E R C U R I A M. Ni k o l a o s La g o g i a n n i s h a s f i l e da p e t i t i o n f

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ma n d a mu s u n d e r2 8 U. S . C. § 1651. L agogi anni s , pr es ent l yan i nm at e i n the St at e of N ew Y ork, i s a nat i ve and c itiz e n o f

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re m o v a l e n te re db ya n Im m ig ra tio n J u d g e (“ IJ ” ). I n 2008, L agogi anni s fi l ed a pr o s e pet i t i on forr evi ew s eeki ng r evi ew of the I J ’ s r emoval o rd e r a s w e ll as a d d iti o n a l o rd e rs e n ter e db yth e IJ a n dth e B o a rd o f Im m ig ra tio n A p p e a lsL a g o g ian n is’s c h a ra c ter iza tio n o f th is C o u rt’s ju d g m e n t as e n ter e d“ in ab se n tia” is 1 in c o rr e c t. L a g o g ia n n is w a s a p a rtyto th e p ro c e e d in g b e f o re th is C o u rt . 2 (“ B IA ” ). O n S e p tem b e r 2 6 , 2 0 0 8 , this C o u rt d ism iss e dth e p e tit io n f o r re v iew b e c a u se it w as unt i m el yfi l ed as t o the or der s ent er ed bythe B I A , and bec aus e Lagogi anni s had fai l ed t o exhaus tavai l abl e admi ni s tr at i ve r emedi es as t o the or der s ent er ed bythe I J . See C . A . N o . 0 8 -29 6 3 (ord er a n djud g m en t entere d9 /26 /08 ). I n hi s m andamus pe t i t i on, L agogi anni s cont ends thathe di d notr ece i ve a c opyof th e C o u rt’s S e p tem b e r 2 6 , 2 0 0 8 , jud g m e n t u n tilJa n u a ry2 9 , 2 0 0 9 , b e c a u se h e w a s in tr ans i tbetw een s ever al corr ect i onal fac i l i t i es . L agogi anni s cl ai m s thatdel ay ed r ece i ptof the j udgm entdepr i ved hi m of the opportuni tyt o pet i t i on forr ehear i ng ort o s eek f urther re v iew . L a g o g ian n is a sk s th a t w e v a c a te th e ju d g m e n t.

1 A w ri t o f m a n d a m u s is a n ap p ro p ri a te re m e d yin e x tr a o rd in a ry c ir c u m s ta n c e s o n ly. K errv. U ni t ed St at es D i s t . C t . , 426 U . S. 394, 403 ( 1976) . “B efor e a w r i tof m andamus m ayi s s ue, a partym us tes t abl i s h that( 1) no otheradequa t e means exi s tt o att ai n the r el i ef he des i r es , ( 2) the party ’ s r i ghtt o i s s uance of the w r i ti s cl earand i ndi s put abl e, and (3 ) th e w rit is ap p ro p ria te u n d e r th e c irc u m sta n c e s.” H o lli n g sw o rth v . P e rry , 1 3 0 S . C t. 7 0 5 , 7 1 0 (2 0 1 0 ) ( p e r c u ri a m ) ( q u o ta tio n m a rk s a n dp u n c tu a tio n o m itte d ). W e w i l l denythe pet i t i on. A s s um i ng ar guendo thata w r i tof m andamus i s an appr opr i at e vehi cl e forL agogi anni s t o r ai s e hi s pr es entar gum ent s , i ti s cl earthat L ag o g iann is ne v er a d v isedthe C lerk o f C o u rto f h is ch an g e in a d d ress, an dthe C lerk i m m edi at el ym ai l ed the j udgm entaft eri t s entryt o L agogi anni s ’ s m os tcurr entaddr es s on3

fi l e, w hi ch w as the s ame addr es s thatL agogi anni s had us ed i n an A ugus t6, 2008, su b m iss io n to th is C o u rt. It w a s in c u m b e n t up o n L a g o g ian n is to a d v ise th e C lerko f h is c u rre n t ad d re ss . A n yd e lay i n re c e ip t o f th e ju d g m e n t, th e re f

o re , is a ttribu tab le s o lelyto L agogi anni s . Further , L agogi anni s fi l ed a mot i on forl eave t o pet i t i on forr ehear i ng out of t i m e, and thi s C ourtdeni ed the mot i on. L agogi anni s has nots how n thathe w as u n f a i r l yd e n i e da n o p p o rtu n i tyt o s e e kr e h e a r i n g o rf u rth e rr e v i e w. F o r th e f o re g o in g re a s o n s , th e p e titio n f o r a w ri t o f

m a n d a m u s w ill b e d e n ie d .