Opinion ID: 3030780
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Vacation of Orders

Text: Shimer also requests that, whether or not we order this case reassigned to a different district judge, we vacate certain of Judge Kugler’s summary judgment orders and remand those matters for reconsideration. Shimer further requests that we vacate, pending such reconsideration, an order requiring him to produce certain tax returns because it is dependant on his status as a defendant. We decline to do so. Mandamus is “an extraordinary remedy” that we have 4 discretion to award only when, among other things, a petitioner has “no other adequate means to attain the relief sought.” In re Pressman-Gutman Co., 459 F.3d 383, 398-99 (3d Cir. 2006) (citation omitted). Even if Judge Kugler’s rulings were legally erroneous, which we do not decide, Shimer has not alleged any reason why an appeal in the ordinary course would be inadequate to correct those errors or otherwise protect his rights. See Commc’n Workers v. Am. Tel. & Tel. Co., 932 F.2d 199, 210, 213 (3d Cir. 1991) (denying mandamus petition premised on denial of summary judgment because appeal represented adequate remedy).3 3 Shimer argues that Judge Kugler’s denial of his summary judgment motions denied him the right to be “effectively heard” and that Communication Workers is inapposite because Judge Kugler’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of the CFTC means that Shimer cannot proceed to trial on those claims. Once again, however, Shimer has not alleged anything that cannot be redressed, if warranted, by an appeal in the ordinary course. 5