Case Name: In re: Jimmy O'Neal BROWN, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-05-26
Citations: 97 F. App'x 448
Docket Number: No. 03-7754
Parties: In re: Jimmy O’Neal BROWN, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 97
Pages: 448–448

Head Matter:
In re: Jimmy O’Neal BROWN, Petitioner.
No. 03-7754.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 27, 2004.
Decided: May 26, 2004.
Jimmy O’Neal Brown, Petitioner pro se.
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jimmy O'Neal Brown has filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the district court to rule on his motion to retest drug-related evidence. After filing his retest motion, Brown filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion, reiterating his retest claims and raising several others. Because Brown can seek the relief he desires in his § 2255 proceeding, which is still pending in district court, mandamus relief is not warranted. See In re First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n, 860 F.2d 135, 138 (4th Cir.1988) (holding that mandamus relief is precluded if there are other adequate remedies). We grant Brown's motion to proceed in forma pauperis and 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