Case Name: In re Michael BALICE, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-11
Citations: 644 F. App'x 112
Docket Number: No. 16-1242
Parties: In re Michael BALICE, Petitioner.
Judges: Before: FISHER, JORDAN and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 644
Pages: 112–113

Head Matter:
In re Michael BALICE, Petitioner.
No. 16-1242.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R.App. P. March 3, 2016.
Opinion filed: March 11, 2016.
Michael Balice, Metuchen, NJ, pro se.
Before: FISHER, JORDAN and VANASKIE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Pro se petitioner Michael Balice has filed a petition for writ of mandamus. - For the reasons set forth below, we will deny the petition.
In June 2014, the United States filed a civil action against Balice in which it sought, among other things, to reduce to judgment Balice's 1998 federal income tax liabilities. Balice filed several motions to dismiss the complaint. While his motions raised numerous, complex claims, at bottom he argued that the District Court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction because "the commencement of this legal action by the Executive branch of the federal government, to enforce the collection of an income tax allegedly imposed under the 16th Amendment, blatantly violates the 16th Amendment." D.N.J. Civ. A. No. 2:14-cv-03937 dkt. # 7 at pg. 1. The District Court denied Balice's motions. See dkt. # 71. Balice then filed at least two more motions to dismiss, which the District Court also denied. See dkt. # 102.
Balice then filed a petition for mandamus in this Court. He reasserts the challenge to the District Court's jurisdiction described above. He asks us to order the District Court to. (a) vacate its orders denying his motions to dismiss and (b) dismiss the Government's complaint.
We will deny Balice's petition. Mandamus is a drastic remedy that is granted in only extraordinary cases. In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 418 F.3d 372, 378 (3d Cir.2005). To demonstrate that mandamus is appropriate, a petitioner must establish that he has "no other adequate means" to obtain the relief requested, and that he has a "clear and indisputable" right to issuance of the writ. Madden v. Myers, 102 F.3d 74, 79 (3d Cir.1996). Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal. See In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 418 F.3d at 378-79.
Here, Balice has asked us to review the District Court's orders denying his sundry motions to dismiss. Mandamus relief is unavailable because he may obtain that review on direct appeal once his case is finally resolved. See Harrison v. Nissan Motor Corp., 111 F.3d 343, 352 (3d Cir.1997); Commc'n Workers of Am., AFL-CIO v. AT & T Co., 932 F.2d 199, 210 (3d Cir.1991). Moreover, Balice has failed to show that "the district court's lack of subject matter jurisdiction is 'clear and indisputable.' " In re Sch. Asbestos Litig., 921 F.2d 1310, 1314 (3d Cir.1990). To the contrary, as we explained recently in dismissing a previous appeal brought by Bal-ice, he presents "the type of tax-protester arguments that . have long been rejected as frivolous." Balice v. Comm'r, C.A. No. 15-2366, 634 Fed.Appx. 349, 350, 2016 WL 456634, at *2 (3d Cir. Feb. 5, 2016).
Accordingly, we will deny Balice's mandamus petition.
This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.