Case Name: In re: Albert Curtis MILLS, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-08-04
Citations: 140 F. App'x 501
Docket Number: No. 05-6373
Parties: In re: Albert Curtis MILLS, Petitioner.
Judges: Before KING, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 140
Pages: 501–502

Head Matter:
In re: Albert Curtis MILLS, Petitioner.
No. 05-6373.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted July 27, 2005.
Decided Aug. 4, 2005.
Albert Curtis Mills, Petitioner Pro Se.
Before KING, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Albert Curtis Mills filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting this court to order prison officials to exterminate the mice from the prison facility. Mandamus is a drastic remedy, which will only be granted in extraordinary circumstances. In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir. 1987) The party seeking mandamus relief has the heavy burden of showing that he has no other adequate avenue of relief and that his right to the relief sought is "clear and indisputable." Allied Chem. Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc., 449 U.S. 33, 35, 101 S.Ct. 188, 66 L.Ed.2d 193 (1980); In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 860 F.2d 135, 138 (4th Cir.1988). Because Mills has other means of challenging his prison conditions, we find that he has not met his burden.
Accordingly, we deny Mills' petition. We dispense with oral argument, because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED