Case Name: In re Terry W. STEWART, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-02-21
Citations: 28 F. App'x 338
Docket Number: No. 01-4843
Parties: In re Terry W. STEWART, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 28
Pages: 338–338

Head Matter:
In re Terry W. STEWART, Petitioner.
No. 01-4843.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 8, 2002.
Decided Feb. 21, 2002.
Terry W. Stewart, Pro Se.
Before WILLIAMS, MICHAEL, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Terry W. Stewart has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asking this court to direct the district court to compel the government to furnish him with a Bill of Particulars. 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). Mandamus relief is only available when there are no other means by which the relief sought could be granted, In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir.1987), and may not be used as a substitute for appeal. In re Catawba Indian Tribe, 973 F.2d 1133, 1135 (4th Cir.1992). The party seeking mandamus relief carries the heavy burden of showing that he has no other adequate means to attain the relief he desires and that his entitlement to such relief 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).
Stewart has not made such a showing. Accordingly, we deny Stewart's petition for mandamus relief. 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.