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`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
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`No. 24-2247
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`In re: ROBERT CALVIN CRAIG, JR.,
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`Petitioner.
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`On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the Western
`District of North Carolina, at Charlotte.
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`Submitted: February 20, 2025
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`Decided: February 24, 2025
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`Before AGEE, HARRIS, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
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`Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
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`Robert Calvin Craig, 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`Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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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`Robert Craig, Jr., petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order directing the
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`Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate the North Carolina state court’s handling of
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`his negligence action. We grant Craig’s motion to submit an affidavit and additional
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`evidence but conclude that Craig is not entitled to 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 and “has no other adequate means to
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`attain the relief [he] desires.” Murphy-Brown, 907 F.3d at 795 (alteration and internal
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`quotation marks omitted).
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`This court does not have jurisdiction to grant mandamus relief against state officials,
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`Gurley v. Superior Ct. of Mecklenburg Cnty., 411 F.2d 586, 587 (4th Cir. 1969), nor does
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`Craig have a private right to demand a criminal investigation, see Lefebure v. D’Aquilla,
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`15 F.4th 650, 655 (5th Cir. 2021) (collecting cases); see also Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410
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`U.S. 614, 619 (1973). The relief sought by Craig is not available by way of mandamus.
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`Accordingly, we deny the petition and amended petition for writ of mandamus. We
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`dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
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`presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional
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`process.
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`PETITION DENIED
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