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Date Created: 2023-05-31 17:00:42.742042+00
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AMENDED CLD-133                           NOT PRECEDENTIAL
               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                         ___________

                                       No. 23-1629
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                         IN RE: TODD ELLIOTT KOGER, SR.,
                                                      Petitioner
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                     On a Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the
          United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
                     (Related to W.D. Pa. Civ. No. 2:22-cv-01823)
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                      Submitted Pursuant to Rule 21, Fed. R. App. P.
                                     April 27, 2023

             Before: SHWARTZ, MATEY, and FREEMAN, Circuit Judges

                              (Opinion filed: May 31, 2023)
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                                        OPINION*
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PER CURIAM

       Todd Elliott Koger, Sr., a frequent filer in the federal courts, has filed in our Court

a pro se petition for a writ of mandamus. The petition, which is far from a model of clarity,

appears to (1) take issue with what has transpired in various Pennsylvania state-court

*
 This disposition is not an opinion of the full Court and pursuant to I.O.P. 5.7 does not
constitute binding precedent.
proceedings involving Koger and/or certain real property in Pittsburgh, and (2) allege that

“Wilkinsburg et al[.]” has breached a 1992 settlement agreement involving Koger and

otherwise wronged him.

       Although Koger generally refers to our authority to grant mandamus relief, he does

not make clear what form of mandamus relief he is seeking here.1 And he has failed to

show that he is entitled to any form of mandamus relief. See Hollingsworth v. Perry, 558

U.S. 183, 190 (2010) (per curiam) (explaining that, to obtain a writ of mandamus, a

petitioner must show that “(1) no other adequate means [exist] to attain the relief he desires,

(2) the party’s right to issuance of the writ is clear and indisputable, and (3) the writ is

appropriate under the circumstances” (alteration in original) (internal quotation marks

omitted)); see also Madden v. Myers, 102 F.3d 74, 77 (3d Cir. 1996) (explaining that

mandamus is not a substitute for an appeal). Accordingly, we will deny his petition.2

1
  Recently, Koger removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania an ejectment action that had been filed against him in Pennsylvania state
court. In January 2023, the District Court remanded the case to state court based on the
District Court’s conclusion that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction. (See Dist. Ct. Order
entered January 4, 2023, in Case No. 2:22-cv-01823.) Koger appealed from that remand
order, and we dismissed that appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction in March 2023. See
Usorph v. Koger, C.A. No. 23-1029. Although the caption of Koger’s motion to proceed
in forma pauperis filed in this mandamus action indicates that his mandamus petition is
“[r]elated” to that District Court case, the petition itself does not appear to seek any relief
in connection with those District Court proceedings.
2
  Koger’s “Amended Petition for Emergency TRO Injunctive Relief,” which appears to
seek a temporary restraining order, is denied.
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