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+  UNITEDSTATESCOURTOFVETERANSAPPEALS   	       @    :  No.982415   	    @    2  FrankCostanza,Petitioner,   	 `	   @    >  v.   	 @   @    6  TogoD.West,Jr.,   	  p	   @    *  SecretaryofVeteransAffairs,Respondent.   	 `	
   @    $	$	"  BeforeNEBEKER,ChiefJudge,andIVERSandGREENE,Judges.   	 0   @    ;  ORDER   	         OnDecember15,1998,thepetitionerfiledapetitionforextraordinaryreliefinthenatureofawritofmandamus.Thepetitionerasserts(1)thathefiledanappealattheSt.Paul,Minnesota,RegionalOfficeonJanuary14,1998,(2)that"uponinformationandbelief"theSecretaryhasfailedtocertifyanddockettheappealandtransfertheappealtotheBoardofVeterans'Appeals(Board),and(3)thatitisunreasonablefortheSecretarytotakemorethan90daystoperformtheseministerialfunctions.Asaremedy,thepetitionerseeksanorderoftheCourtcompellingtheSecretarytocuretheasserteddeficienciesin30days.     "Theremedyofmandamusisadrasticone,tobeinvokedonlyinextraordinarysituations."Kerrv.UnitedStatesDistrictCourt,426U.S.394,402(1976).Beforeacourtmayissuewrits,   	 `   petitionersmustdemonstratethat(1)theyhaveaclearandindisputablerighttothewritand(2)theylackadequatealternativemeanstoobtaintherelieftheyseek.Erspamerv.Derwinski,1Vet.App.   	 @   3,9(1990).     Thepetitioner,whocarriestheburdeninthismatter,hasnotadequatelydemonstratedaclearandindisputablerighttothewrit.Hehasnotdemonstratedthatthedelayhecomplainsofissoextraordinary,giventhedemandsandresourcesoftheSecretary,thatthedelayamountstoanarbitraryrefusaltoact,andnottheproductofaburdenedsystem.     ThefilingofapetitionbeforethisCourtisaseriousmatterandnotasteptobetakenlightly.Cf.Fed.R.Civ.P.11(b).Abaldassertionbasedupon"informationandbelief"doesnotestablish   	 `'"%   therequisitefactualbasisuponwhichthisCourtwillgrantmandamusnordoesitdemonstrateaclearandindisputablerighttoextraordinaryrelief.Thepetitioner'sscantallegationsprovidethisCourtwithnofactualbasisuponwhichtoconcludethatthepetitionerlacks,orhasexhausted,adequatealternativeremediestoobtainthereliefheseeks.Thep Petitionerprovidesnoevidenceestablishingthatletters,telephonecalls,visitstoappropriateauthorities,orothereffortshavebeenundertakentoresolvedelayintheprocessingofhiscase.Thepetitionerhas utterlyfailedtoestablishthatissuanceofawritisneededtoavoidthe atkindofinjury(delay)forwhichextraordinaryreliefisdesigned.    -@),   Ї     Onconsiderationoftheforegoing,itis     ORDEREDthatthepetitionersmotionforextraordinaryreliefinthenatureofmandamusisDENIED.DATED:    `	  JanuaryJanuary	20,1999	
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