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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 24-1864

In re: CHRISTIAN FREDERICK MUMME,

Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. (7:24-cv-00767-BO-RJ)

Submitted: October 8, 2024 Decided: November 5, 2024

Before KING and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Christian Frederick Mumme, Petitioner Pro Se.

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PER CURIAM:

Christian Frederick Mumme petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order

directing the district court to determine the constitutionality of the Camp Lejeune Justice

Act of 2022,

,

, 1802-04. We conclude that

Mumme is not entitled to mandamus relief.

Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary

circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct.,

(2004); In re Murphy-Brown,

LLC,

(4th Cir. 2018). Further, mandamus relief is available only when

the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought and “has no other adequate means to

attain the relief [he] desires.” Murphy-Brown,

(alteration and internal

quotation marks omitted). And mandamus may not be used as a substitute for appeal. In

re Lockheed Martin Corp.,

(4th Cir. 2007).

The relief sought by Mumme is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly,

although we grant the motion to amend, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

PETITION DENIED

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