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`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
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`No. 20-1754
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`In re: RICHARD B. MARTIN, JR.,
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`Petitioner.
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`On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
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`Submitted: January 19, 2021
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`Decided: January 26, 2021
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`Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.
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`Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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`Richard B. Martin, Jr., Petitioner Pro Se.
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`Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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`PER CURIAM:
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`Richard B. Martin, Jr., petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing
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`the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) to provide him specified protections. We conclude that
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`we lack authority to grant Martin’s requested mandamus relief.
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`Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary
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`circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 542 U.S. 367, 380 (2004); In re Murphy-Brown,
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`LLC, 907 F.3d 788, 795 (4th Cir. 2018). Further, mandamus relief is available only when
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`the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought. Murphy-Brown, 907 F.3d at 795. This
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`court’s authority to issue a writ of mandamus “is only incidental to and in aid of [its]
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`appellate jurisdiction, which Congress has given it over district courts, and administrative
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`boards and agencies.” Gurley v. Superior Ct. of Mecklenburg Cnty., 411 F.2d 586, 587
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`(4th Cir. 1969) (per curiam) (citations omitted).
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`This Court lacks mandamus jurisdiction to order the USMS to provide the
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`protections Martin requests. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. We
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`deny Martin’s motions to seal, for any and all additional relief, for exemption from violated
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`court rules, and for full judicial disclosure. We dispense with oral argument because the
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`facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and
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`argument would not aid the decisional process.
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`PETITION DENIED
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