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In re Raghubir, No. 20-128 (Fed. Cir. June 18, 2020)

Denied
Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Case No.
No. 20-128
Decided
June 18, 2020
Judge
Per curiam
Document
Nonprecedential Opinion
Length
2 pages

NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit

In re: VINODH RAGHUBIR,

Petitioner

2020-128

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:20-cv-00388-EGB, Senior Judge Eric G. Bruggink.

ON PETITION

O R D E R

Vinodh Raghubir currently has a case pending before the United States Court of Federal Claims. He now petitions for a writ of prohibition, asking this court to “prohibit conduct pursuant to ‘the conspiracy to predetermine the outcome of judicial proceedings’ throughout proceedings now involving the Federal Court of Claims.”

Like a writ of mandamus, a writ of prohibition is a drastic remedy that is available only when a petitioner has a clear and indisputable right to relief and no adequate alternative legal channels through which to obtain that relief. See Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Court for the Dist. of

22 IN RE: RAGHUBIR

Columbia, 542 U.S. 367, 380–81 (2004); In re Missouri, 664 F.2d 178, 180 (8th Cir. 1981). Mr. Raghubir has not demonstrated that an appeal from an eventual final judgment of the Court of Federal Claims would be inadequate or that he has a clear and indisputable right to relief.

Accordingly,

IT IS ORDERED THAT:

The petition is denied.

FOR THE COURT

June 18, 2020 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner

Date Peter R. Marksteiner

Clerk of Court

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