Case Name: In re Christopher Andaryl WILLS, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-03-20
Citations: 470 F. App'x 172
Docket Number: No. 12-1009
Parties: In re Christopher Andaryl WILLS, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 470
Pages: 172–172

Head Matter:
In re Christopher Andaryl WILLS, Petitioner.
No. 12-1009.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 15, 2012.
Decided: March 20, 2012.
Christopher Andaryl Wills, Petitioner Pro Se.
Before DUNCAN and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Andaryl Wills petitions for a writ of mandamus, requesting that this court revisit the conclusions it reached in his direct appeal, which was decided in 2003. Based upon our consideration of the materials submitted with Wills' petition, we deny his request. See Kerr v. United States Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394, 402, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976) (observing that a writ of mandamus "has traditionally been used in the federal courts only to confine an inferior court to a lawful exercise of its prescribed jurisdiction or to compel it to exercise its authority when it is its duty to do so."). We grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 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.