Case Name: In Re: Nicholas James QUEEN, Sr., Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-08-22
Citations: 538 F. App'x 288
Docket Number: No. 13-1573
Parties: In Re: Nicholas James QUEEN, Sr., Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 538
Pages: 288–288

Head Matter:
In Re: Nicholas James QUEEN, Sr., Petitioner.
No. 13-1573.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 12, 2013.
Decided: Aug. 22, 2013.
Nicholas James Queen, Sr., Petitioner Pro Se.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Nicholas Queen, Sr., petitions for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order exempting him from the "gate-keeping" standard of 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013). We deny the petition.
Mandamus is a drastic remedy to be used only in extraordinary circumstances. Kerr v. United States Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394, 402, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976); United States v. Moussaoui, 333 F.3d 509, 516-17 (4th Cir.2003). Further, mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought. In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 860 F.2d 135, 138 (4th Cir.1988).
Queen has failed to demonstrate entitlement to mandamus relief. Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in for-ma pauperis, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. 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.