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No. 05-6274
In Re:
(CA-03-798-5-H)
No. 05-6317
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Malcolm J. Howard,
District Judge. (CA-03-798-5-H)
Submitted:
Decided:
July 6, 2005
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PER CURIAM:
George Randolph Sutton, Jr., seeks a writ of mandamus to
compel the district court to reconsider his 28 U.S.C. 2254 (2000)
petition and to direct respondents to answer his requests for
discovery.
Mandamus
is
drastic
extraordinary circumstances.
426 U.S. 394, 402 (1976).
remedy
to
be
used
only
in
Sutton fails to
2253(c)(2)
(2000).
prisoner
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satisfies
this
28 U.S.C.
standard
by
demonstrating
constitutional
that
reasonable
claims
are
jurists
debatable
and
would
that
find
any
that
his
dispositive
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d
676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001).
record and conclude that Sutton has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the
appeal in No. 05-6317.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and
legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before
the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
No. 05-6274 PETITION DENIED
No. 05-6317 DISMISSED
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