Case Name: In re Melvin Lee LUCKY, a/k/a Melvin Lee Luckey, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-12-17
Citations: 624 F. App'x 114
Docket Number: No. 15-2120
Parties: In re Melvin Lee LUCKY, a/k/a Melvin Lee Luckey, Petitioner.
Judges: Before GREGORY and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 624
Pages: 114–114

Head Matter:
In re Melvin Lee LUCKY, a/k/a Melvin Lee Luckey, Petitioner.
No. 15-2120.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 15, 2015.
Decided: Dec. 17, 2015.
Melvin Lee Lucky, Petitioner Pro Se.
Before GREGORY and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:.
Melvin Lee Lucky petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the district court to commute his sentence and order his immediate release from imprisonment. We conclude that Lucky is not entitled to mandamus relief.
Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary circumstances. Kerr v. U.S. Dist. Court, 426 U.S. 394, 402, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976); United States v. Moussaoui, 333 F.3d 509, 516-17 (4th Cir.2003). Further, mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought. In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 860 F,2d 135, 138 (4th Cir.1988). Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal. In re Lockheed Martin Corp., 503 F,3d 351, 353 (4th Cir.2007).
The relief sought by Lucky is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED.