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_______________________ P E R C UR I AM W ayne C ol e fi l ed a pe t i t i on forw r i tof habe as corpus i n t he U ni t ed St at es D i s t r i ct C o u rt f o r th e D istric t o f

N e w Je rse y . T h e D istric t C o u rt, th e H o n o ra b le W ill iam H . W a lls pr es i di ng, di s m i s s ed the pet i t i on. C ol e s ubs equent l yfi l ed a mot i on t o r ecus e J udge W a lls , a s w e ll a s a m o tio n to o b ta in a n u p d a te d d o c k e t s h e e t, o n A u g u s t 1 7 , 2 0 0 5 .R eques t i ng t hatt hi s C our tor dert he D i s t r i ctC our tt o rul e on the tw o m ot i ons , C ol e now

bri ng s a pet i t i on for w ri tof m and am us. M a n d a m u s is a n e x tr a o rd in a ry re m e d y . See K errv. U ni t ed St at es D i s t . C our t , 426 U .S . 3 9 4 , 4 0 2 (1 9 7 6 ). W ith in th e d isc re tio n o f th e iss u in g c o u rt, m a n d a m u s tra d iti o n a lly m aybe “us ed . . . onl y‘ t o confi ne an i nfer i orcour tt o a l aw ful exer ci s e of i t s pr es cr i bed j ur i s di ct i on ort o compel i tt o exer ci s e i t s author i tyw hen i ti s i t s dut yt o do s o. ’ ” I d. ( ci t at i ons om i t t ed) . A pet i t i onerm us ts how “‘ no ot heradequa t e means t o at t ai n t he d esired reli ef

, an d . . . a righ t t o the w ri t [t h at] i s clea r an d ind ispu table.’” S ee In re Pat enaude , 210 F. 3d 135, 141 ( 3d C i r . 2000) ( ci t at i on om i t t ed) . A l t hough how a di s t r i ct cour tcontr ol s i t s docketi s comm i t t ed t o i t s s ound di s cr et i on, s ee I n r e Fi ne Paper A n titru st L iti g a tio n , 6 8 5 F .2 d 8 1 0 , 8 1 7 (3 d C ir. 1 9 8 2 ), an a p p e llate c o u rt m a yiss u e a w rit of m and am us w hen an u nd ue d el ayi n ad j ud i cat i on beco m es equa l t o a fa i l ure t o ex erci se j ur i s di ct i on and r i s es t o t he l evel of a due pr oces s vi ol at i on, s ee M adden v. M y er s , 102 F .3 d 7 4 , 7 9 (3 d C ir . 1 9 9 6 ). H er e, t he del ayfr om A ugus t2005, w hen C ol e fi l ed hi s m ot i ons , t hr ough D ece m ber2005, w hen C ol e fi l ed hi s m andamus pe t i t i on, i s nots o l ong as t o cons t i tut e a fai l ur e t o exer ci s e j ur i s di ct i on. See M adden, 102 F. 3d at79. T her efor e, t hi s pet i t i on for w ri t o f m a n d a m u s w ill b e d e n ie d .