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165 F. App'x 232

In Re: Johnny Lopez

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided February 7, 2006

U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2006-02-07

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1651 · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Kerr v. United States Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of Cal. · DeMasi v. Weiss

Decided 2006-02-07

¶1 OPINION

PER CURIAM.

¶2 Johnny Lopez has filed a mandamus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1651, seeking to have this Court instruct the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to compel respondents in the underlying habeas corpus proceeding to “produce evidence” used to secure a search of his home and subsequently convict him of a drug trafficking offense in 2003.

¶3 The writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy. To justify the Court’s use of this remedy, a petitioner must demonstrate that he has a clear and indisputable right to issuance of the writ. Kerr v. United States District Court, 426 U.S. 394, 403, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976); DeMasi v. Weiss, 669 F.2d 114, 117 (3d Cir.1982). No such showing has been made in the instant case. A review of the record in the underlying proceeding shows that the state court record was filed in the District Court on August 1, 2005. If Lopez believes that the state court record is incomplete, he is certainly free to bring that concern to the District Court’s attention. Any challenge to the actual state court conviction that is the subject of the petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, however, must first be resolved by the District Court. Lopez will have an opportunity for appellate review in this Court after the District Court has entered a final order disposing of his § 2254 petition.

¶4 Accordingly, we will deny the petition.

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