Case Name: In re: Edward Randall RUTLAND, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-09-19
Citations: 241 F. App'x 989
Docket Number: No. 07-6732
Parties: In re: Edward Randall RUTLAND, Petitioner.
Judges: Before GREGORY and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 241
Pages: 989–989

Head Matter:
In re: Edward Randall RUTLAND, Petitioner.
No. 07-6732.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 13, 2007.
Decided: Sept. 19, 2007.
Edward Randall Rutland, Petitioner pro se.
Before GREGORY and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Edward Randall Rutland petitions for a writ of mandamus, alleging the district court has unduly delayed acting on his motion for reconsideration of the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) habeas petition. He seeks an order from this court directing the district court to act. Although we find that mandamus relief is not warranted because the delay is not unreasonable, we deny the mandamus petition without prejudice to the filing of 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.