Opinion ID: 662459
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Are there Other Adequate Means to Attain Relief?

Text: 55 As noted above, Petitioners failed to seek certification pursuant to section 1292(b). Arguably, then, Petitioners have an alternative adequate means ... to attain the relief ... desired. Valenzuela-Gonzalez, 915 F.2d at 1276 (internal quotations omitted). Petitioners' explanation for this omission is that an order that remands pendent state law claims cannot be a controlling question of law that could materially affect the eventual outcome of the litigation as required by section 1292(b). Petitioners' Brief at 8 (internal quotations omitted). However, we need not decide whether, in this case, section 1292(b) certification was available. Even if it were, we would not find it to preclude mandamus because seeking certification is not a prerequisite for obtaining mandamus, see supra p. 1488, and all the other factors relevant to whether mandamus should issue point in favor of granting the writ. Cf. Caleshu v. Wangelin, 549 F.2d 93, 96 n. 5 (8th Cir.1977) (We do not think we are about to require that petitioner first seek interlocutory review when mandamus is clearly an appropriate remedy.).