Court Opinion

ID: 4910512
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-09-13 19:03:16.53265+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:13:25.888579
License: Public Domain

UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                        No. 21-1651

In re: CHRISTOPHER MOSBY, a/k/a C. Joseph Mosbey,

                    Petitioner.

                           On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

Submitted: September 9, 2021                                Decided: September 13, 2021

Before MOTZ, KING, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christopher Mosby, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

      Christopher Mosby petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order recognizing

his status as a Moorish-American, releasing him from confinement, vacating a court order,

and awarding him $10,000 per “court officer” involved in his cases. We conclude that

Mosby is not entitled to mandamus relief.

      Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary

circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 542 U.S. 367, 380 (2004); In re Murphy-Brown,

LLC, 907 F.3d 788, 795 (4th Cir. 2018). Further, mandamus relief is available only when

the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought and “has no other adequate means to

attain the relief [he] desires.” Murphy-Brown, 907 F.3d at 795 (alteration and internal

quotation marks omitted).

      The relief sought by Mosby is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, we

deny the petition for writ of mandamus. 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

                                            2