Case Name: IN RE: William A. WHITE, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-06-13
Citations: 690 F. App'x 798
Docket Number: No. 17-1722
Parties: IN RE: William A. WHITE, Petitioner
Judges: Before: CHAGARES, VANASKIE, and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 690
Pages: 798–799

Head Matter:
IN RE: William A. WHITE, Petitioner
No. 17-1722
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. May 25, 2017
(Opinion filed: June 13, 2017)
William A. White, Pro Se
United States Attorney Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Robert A. Zauzmer, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondent
Before: CHAGARES, VANASKIE, and KRAUSE, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM
Williams A. White petitions for a writ of mandamus. White, who is currently incarcerated, requests an order compelling the United States District Court for the East ern District of Pennsylvania to docket his motion to compel or, in the alternative, provide him with the case number and docket sheet for an "improperly not publicly reported, and, presumably sealed, criminal matter" [sic] involving Joshua Caleb Sutter.
It appears that Sutter was arrested and charged with firearm-related offenses in the Eastern District in February 2003. See United States v. Sutter, Crim. No. 2:03-mj-00137-1; 2:03-cr-00158-ER-1 (E.D. Pa.). White alleges that Sutter spent 22 months in prison and then became a "deep-cover informant for an unlawful FBI-JTTF counter-intelligence program," where he engaged in numerous illegal activities and, notably, stole White's identity, used White's stolen identity to commit other unspecified crimes, threatened an unnamed witness who could testify to the identity theft, and conspired to murder White.
White alleges that he learned of Sutter's previous arrest in the Eastern District in August 2016, and wrote to the Clerk of Court requesting a copy of the docket and record. White did not include a case number in his initial letter, and the District Court did not respond. He filed a motion to compel in December 2016 which merely included one reference to the proceedings before the magistrate judge. After the District Court did not respond or docket his motion to compel, he petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus.
Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, In re Pasquariello, 16 F.3d 525, 528 (3d Cir. 1994), and-is appropriate only when a petitioner shows that he has (1) no other adequate means of obtaining the desired relief and (2) a "clear and indisputable" right to issuance of the writ. Haines v. Liggett Grp. Inc., 975 F.2d 81, 89 (3d Cir. 1992) (citing Kerr v. United States District Court, 426 U.S. 394, 403, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976)).
White does not meet this standard. The docket listing that White apparently seeks is available at United States v. Sutter, 2:03-cr-00158-ER-1 (E.D. Pa.). White did not reference this number in any of his previous requests. White may request copies from the record by contacting the Clerk's Office and paying the appropriate fee. As White has adequate means to obtain what he seeks, the petition for mandamus is denied.
This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.