Case Name: In re Leon GREEN, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-05-05
Citations: 601 F. App'x 79
Docket Number: No. 15-1547
Parties: In re Leon GREEN, Petitioner.
Judges: Before: RENDELL, CHAGARES and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 601
Pages: 79–80

Head Matter:
In re Leon GREEN, Petitioner.
No. 15-1547.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R.App. P. April 16, 2015.
Opinion filed: May 5, 2015.
Leon Green, Harrisburg, PA, pro se.
Meredith A. Taylor, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Harrisburg, PA, for Plaintiff-Respondent.
Before: RENDELL, CHAGARES and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner, Leon Green, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus on March 9, 2015, asking us to order the District Court to remove his counsel of record and to dismiss the criminal charges against him. Green contends that the District Court lacks jurisdiction over him because he is a free Moorish American national and a member of the free Moorish American Nation.
"Mandamus provides a drastic remedy that a court should grant only in extraordi nary circumstances in response to an act amounting to a judicial usurpation of power." In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 418 F.3d 372, 378 (3d Cir.2005)(quotation omitted). To demonstrate that mandamus is appropriate, a petitioner must establish that he has a "clear and indisputable" right to the issuance of the writ and that he has "no other adequate means to obtain the desired relief." Madden v. Myers, 102 F.3d 74, 79 (3d Cir.1996)(superseded in part on other grounds by 3d Cir. L.A.R. 24.1(c)).
Green has not provided competent authority supporting his arguments. In addition, Green cannot show that he has no adequate means to obtain the desired relief. Green brought a motion to dismiss in the District Court based on the same arguments raised in his petition for a writ of mandamus. The District,Court considered his arguments and denied that motion. Green also filed a pro se motion to have his counsel removed, which was, denied. All of these issues are being addressed in the District Court and may be raised on appeal. Green may not use a mandamus petition as a substitute for the appeals process. See In re Briscoe, 448 F.3d 201, 212 (3d Cir.2006).
This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.