Court Opinion

ID: 9480147
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 07:39:45.966371+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:47:30.986229
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RIPPLE, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the result. The plaintiff’s complaint requested that the district court order the Secretary of the Interior to purchase an area less than the entire tract noted in the statute.1 While the statute may authorize such a purchase, it hardly requires it. Therefore, the complaint seeks an order that would require the Secretary to perform a discretionary act. Mandamus is not available under such circumstances.
On this basis, I join the judgment of the court.

. Appellant’s vague references to the contrary in the statement of the issue and conclusion of its appellate brief cannot expand, of course, the scope of the complaint. See Runnemede Owners, Inc. v. Crest Mortgage Corp., 861 F.2d 1053, 1057 (7th Cir.1988).