Humphrey v. Owens

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• explaining that mandamus is barred by the availability of another adequate remedy, even if the petitioner failed to utilize the alternative remedy and it is no longer available
• explaining that mandamus is barred by the availability of another adequate remedy, even if the petitioner failed to utilize the alternative remedy and it is no longer available
• a mandamus petition is not the proper vehicle for seeking post-appeal relief in a criminal matter
• “mandamus is not the proper vehicle” to obtain review of a probationary sentence (citation omitted)
• “[M]andamus is not the proper vehicle for obtaining post-appeal review of a sentence imposed by a state court. . . . [The defendant] has access to the remedy of habeas corpus.”
• mandamus was not the proper vehicle for seeking post-appeal relief in a criminal matter

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).