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No. 02-6048
Submitted:
(CR-97-53-F)
Decided:
April 2, 2002
PER CURIAM:
Myron A. McCall has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus
seeking an order from this court directing the Federal Bureau of
Prisons to designate Allendale Correctional Institution for service
of his federal sentence, thereby effectively making his federal
sentence run concurrently with his state sentence. Mandamus relief
is available only when the petitioner has a clear right to the
relief sought.
Kerr v. United
Mandamus relief is
only available when there are no other means by which the relief
sought could be granted, In re Beard, 811 F.2d 818, 826 (4th Cir.
1987), and may not be used as a substitute for appeal.
In re
Catawba Indian Tribe, 973 F.2d 1133, 1135 (4th Cir. 1992).
The
mandamus.
PETITION DENIED