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No. 14-2236
Submitted:
(5:14-ct-03269-F)
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Jerry Wayne Sharpe petitions for a writ of mandamus
seeking
an
order
pardon
application
convictions.
We
compelling
state
and
declare
conclude
that
officials
him
to
process
innocent
Sharpe
is
not
of
his
state
entitled
to
mandamus relief.
Mandamus relief, a drastic remedy, should be used only
in extraordinary circumstances and when the petitioner has a
clear right to the relief sought.
Court, 426 U.S. 394, 402 (1976); United States v. Moussaoui, 333
F.3d 509, 516-17 (4th Cir. 2003).
the
present
record
does
not
reveal
undue
delay
in
the
district court.
Accordingly, although we grant Sharpe leave to amend,
we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
the
facts
and
materials
legal
before
We dispense with
contentions
this
court
are
and