Case Name: In re Sherman HOWARD, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-05-06
Citations: 564 F. App'x 1026
Docket Number: No. 2014-125
Parties: In re Sherman HOWARD, Petitioner.
Judges: Before NEWMAN, PROST, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 564
Pages: 1026–1026

Head Matter:
In re Sherman HOWARD, Petitioner.
No. 2014-125.
United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.
May 6, 2014.
Before NEWMAN, PROST, and REYNA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Sherman Howard ("Howard") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the Merit Systems Protection Board ("MSPB") to issue a final decision in Howard v. Department of the Air Force, DA-0752-09-0172C-1. Howard also seeks attorney fees and costs associated with filing this petition pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d). The MSPB opposes.
Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, available only where the petitioner shows: (1) a clear legal right to relief; (2) there are no adequate alternative legal channels through which he may obtain that relief; and (3) the grant of mandamus is appropriate under the circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Court, 542 U.S. 367, 380-81, 124 S.Ct. 2576, 159 L.Ed.2d 459 (2004); Kerr v. U.S. Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394, 403, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976). In denying this requested relief, we note that on the same day Howard filed'this petition the MSPB issued its decision in DA-0752-09-0172-C-1.
Accordingly,
It Is Ordered That:
The petition is denied.