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Date Created: 2024-03-02 21:01:05.348714+00
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                                            UNPUBLISHED

                               UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                   FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                              No. 24-1017

        In re: BRANDON MICHAEL PICKENS,

                            Petitioner.

        On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Western
        District of North Carolina, at Asheville. (1:20-cv-00353-MR)

        Submitted: February 27, 2024                                      Decided: March 1, 2024

        Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

        Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

        Brandon Michael Pickens, Petitioner Pro Se.

        Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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        PER CURIAM:

               Brandon Michael Pickens petitions for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the district

        court has unduly delayed in ruling on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Pickens seeks

        an order from this court directing the district court to act. However, upon review, the

        present record does not reveal undue delay in the district court. Accordingly, we deny the

        mandamus petition. ∗    We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal

        contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would

        not aid the decisional process.

                                                                              PETITION DENIED

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                  While we deny mandamus relief at this juncture, we encourage the district court
        to act as expeditiously as possible in this matter.

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