Commonwealth v. Keister, M.

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that, where another law specifically addresses a particular issue, the All Writs Act is not controlling
• noting that the All Writs Act is only “a residual source of authority to issue writs that are not otherwise covered by statute”
• stating that “[w]here a statute specifically addresses the particular issue at hand, it is that authority, and not the All Writs Act, that is controlling”
• holding court lacked power to \cause third parties who are neither custodians nor parties to the litigation to bear the cost of [transporting a prisoner to court]\ (emphasis added)
• holding court lacked power to “cause third parties who are neither custodians nor parties to the litigation to bear the cost of [transporting a prisoner to court]” (emphasis added)
• reviewing the Marshals' statutory obligations to the Judiciary and the Executive Branch, but noting that the \Marshals are within the Executive Branch of the Federal Government\

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