Case Name: In re Barbara Michelle BUSH, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-04-11
Citations: 422 F. App'x 231
Docket Number: No. 10-2103
Parties: In re Barbara Michelle BUSH, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 422
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
In re Barbara Michelle BUSH, Petitioner.
No. 10-2103.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 18, 2011.
Decided: April 11, 2011.
Barbara Michelle Bush, Petitioner pro se.
Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, 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Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Barbara Michelle Bush has filed a petition for writ of mandamus pertaining to a civil action. She seeks recusal of the district court judge assigned to the action and review of the order remanding that action to state court.
Mandamus 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); In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir.1987). Mandamus relief is available only where there is no other available remedy. In re Braxton, 258 F.3d 250, 261 (4th Cir.2001). Because Bush had other means of pursuing the relief she seeks, mandamus relief is not available.
Accordingly, although we grant leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. 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.