Opinion ID: 2812633
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Mandamus Proceedings

Text: The United States filed petitions for writs of mandamus in Malikowski and Walker River. The petitions sought an 2 For instance, he refused to allow attorneys for the Office of the United States Trustee, each of whom lived and worked in Nevada, to appear in In re Hofsaess, No. 2:13-cv-01161-RCJ (D. Nev.), because they were not members of the Nevada bar. He issued an order denying DOJ attorneys from Alaska and Washington D.C. permission to appear in Great Basin Resource Watch v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, No. 3:13-cv-00078RCJ-VPC (D. Nev.), absent a showing that the local U.S. Attorney’s Office “are incapable of handling the matter.” He issued similar orders in Nevada Association Services, Inc. v. Yanke, No. 2:13-cv-01386-RCJCWH (D. Nev.), and EEOC v. Wells Fargo Bank, No. 3:13-cv-00528RCJ-WCG (D. Nev.). 8 IN RE UNITED STATES order directing Judge Jones to grant the motions for pro hac vice admission he had denied. The Ninth Circuit panels to which the petitions were initially assigned issued orders requesting Judge Jones to respond to the petitions if he so desired. In response, Judge Jones granted the United States’ motions in Malikowski and Walker River, allowing Lowe, Guarino, and Negri to appear.3 Because the specific relief the United States requested in its petitions had been provided, the United States was ordered to file supplemental briefing regarding whether the petitions were moot. In its supplemental briefing, the United States argues that the petitions are not moot, and requests that we exercise our “supervisory mandamus authority to correct the district judge’s improper interference with the government’s choice of counsel and the judge’s usurpation of responsibilities for conducting and supervising litigation that Congress has expressly delegated to the Attorney General.” JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW We have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1651. We assess whether a writ of mandamus is warranted by weighing five factors enumerated in Bauman v. U.S. District Court, 557 F.2d 650 (9th Cir. 1977). 3 Judge Jones dismissed the claims of the United States and entered judgment in Walker River on May 28, 2015. IN RE UNITED STATES 9