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No. 05-4833
In Re:
RUDOLPH PRITCHETT,
Petitioner.
Submitted:
(CR-02-193-MJG)
Decided:
December 1, 2005
PER CURIAM:
Rudolph Pritchett petitions for writ of mandamus.
He
seeks an order from this court directing that the district court
resentence him.
Mandamus relief is available only when the petitioner has
a clear right to the relief sought.
drastic
remedy
circumstances.
and
should
be
used
Further, mandamus is
only
in
extraordinary
394, 402 (1976); In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir. 1987).
Mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal.
See In re
PETITION DENIED
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