Case Name: In re Alani Olusegun ARAWOLE, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-05-08
Citations: 34 F. App'x 113
Docket Number: No. 02-6441
Parties: In re Alani Olusegun ARAWOLE, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 34
Pages: 113–114

Head Matter:
In re Alani Olusegun ARAWOLE, Petitioner.
No. 02-6441.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted April 25, 2002.
Decided May 8, 2002.
Alani Olusegun Arawole, Petitioner Pro Se.
Before WILLIAMS and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Alani Olusegun Arawole filed this mandamus petition seeking to compel the district court to act on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2001) motion. Mandamus is a drastic remedy only to be used in extraordinary circumstances. In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir.1987). Mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought and there are no other means for obtaining the requested relief. Allied Chem. Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc., 449 U.S. 83, 35, 101 S.Ct. 188, 66 L.Ed.2d 193 (1980); Beard, 811 F.2d at 826. Arawole has failed to make the requisite showing for such extraordinary relief. Our review of the district court docket sheet discloses that there has been no undue delay in considering Arawole's § 2255 motion by the district court. Accordingly, we deny his mandamus petition without prejudice to Arawole's right to file another mandamus petition if the district court does not act expeditiously. 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.