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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 25-2152

In re: RICKEL MARQUAVIUS DANI JEFFRIES, Petitioner.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. (6:25-cv-12313-TMC)

Submitted: November 25, 2025 Decided: December 4, 2025

Before HEYTENS and BERNER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Rickel Marquavius Dani Jeffries, Petitioner Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: Rickel Marquavius Jeffries petitions for a writ of mandamus, seeking an order from this court directing the district court to appoint counsel for Jeffries in his pending 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. Our review of the district court docket reveals that the district court recently denied Jeffries’s motion for the appointment of counsel and entered a final order dismissing his § 1983 complaint. Jeffries v. Gen. Assembly of S.C., No. 6:25-cv-12313-TMC (D.S.C. Nov. 19, 2025). Accordingly, because the case is no longer pending before the district court, we deny the mandamus petition as moot. ∗ 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

A mandamus petition may not serve as a substitute for appeal. See In re Lockheed ∗ Martin Corp., 503 F.3d 351, 353 (4th Cir. 2007).