Case Name: IN RE: David MOLESKI, Petitioner
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-08-15
Citations: 695 F. App'x 55
Docket Number: No. 17-2180
Parties: IN RE: David MOLESKI, Petitioner
Judges: Before: AMBRO, GREENAWAY, Jr., and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 695
Pages: 55–56

Head Matter:
IN RE: David MOLESKI, Petitioner
No. 17-2180
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P. July 13, 2017
(Opinion filed: August 15, 2017)
David Moleski, Pro Se
Gregory V. Davis, Esq., Mark S. Deter-man, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, Yael T. Epstein, Esq., Tino Lisella, Esq., United States Department of Justice, Tax Division, Washington, DC, Fabiana Pierre-Louis, Esq., Office of United States Attorney, Newark, NJ, for Respondent
Before: AMBRO, GREENAWAY, Jr., and SCIRICA, Circuit Judges

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM
Pro se petitioner David Moleski has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking us to direct the District Court to grant him relief in his pending 28 U.S.C. § 2255 matter. For the reasons set forth below, we will deny the petition.
In February 2014, Moleski was convicted of mail fraud, wire fraud, and other offenses, and he was sentenced to 54 months' imprisonment. Moleski appealed, and we affirmed. See United States v. Moleski, 641 Fed.Appx. 172 (3d Cir. 2016) (non-precedential). During his criminal proceedings, Moleski filed two mandamus petitions in this Court, each of which we denied. See United States v. Moleski, 578 Fed.Appx. 87 (3d Cir. 2014) (per curiam) (non-precedential); In re Moleski, 546 Fed.Appx. 78 (3d Cir. 2013) (per curiam) (non-precedential).
' In November 2016, Moleski filed a § 2255 motion in the District Court. He quickly followed up this motion with a flurry of other motions requesting, among other things, his immediate release, the dismissal of the indictment, and the arrest of the attorneys who prosecuted him. Also among these motions was a request to remove the District Judge, which Moleski directed to Judge Simandle, the Chief Judge of the District of New Jersey. -Chief Judge Simandle denied that motion on April 5, 2017, concluding that there was "no basis in the record to assign this matter to a different judge." D.C. dkt. #17 at 4. On May 10, 2017, the District Court denied four of Moleski's motions and ordered the Government to file an answer to the § 2255 motion. On May 26, 2017, Mole-ski filed a mandamus petition in this Court.
Mandamus is a drastic remedy that is granted in only extraordinary cases. In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 418 F.3d 372, 378 (3d Cir. 2005). To demonstrate that mandamus is appropriate, petitioners must establish that they have "no other adequate means" to obtain the relief requested, and that they have a "clear and indisputable" right to issuance of the writ. Madden v. Myers, 102 F.3d 74, 79 (3d Cir. 1996). Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal. See In re Diet Drugs Prods. Liab. Litig., 418 F.3d at 378-79.
Moleski's primary argument is that, due to supposed irregularities in its enactment, Public Law 80-772—which codified Title 18—is void, rendering his conviction invalid. We have rejected this argument the two previous times that Moleski has raised it, and do so again now. See Moleski, 578 Fed.Appx. at 88 (quoting statement from United States v. Collins, 510 F.3d 697, 698 (7th Cir. 2007), that this argument is "unbelievably frivolous"). Also frivolous is Moleski's argument that the District Judge lacks the required credentials to serve.
Moleski further contends that the District Court has not ruled on his § 2255 motion with sufficient speed. Although mandamus may be warranted when a district court's "undue delay is tantamount to a failure to exercise jurisdiction," Madden, 102 F.3d at 79, this case does not present such a situation. At the time Moleski filed his mandamus petition, his § 2255 motion had been pending for just six months, during which time the District Court ruled on several of his other motions. Accordingly, we are satisfied that the District Court has not faded to exercise jurisdiction in this matter. See id.
We will thus deny the mandamus petition. To the extent that Moleksi's "verified criminal complaint for obstruction of justice" requests additional relief, it is denied.
This disposition is not an opinion of the hill Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not constitute binding precedent.