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"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.ThepPetitionerprovidesnoevidenceestablishingthatletters,telephonecalls,visitstoappropriateauthorities,orothereffortshavebeenundertakentoresolvedelayintheprocessingofhiscase.Thepetitionerhasutterlyfailedtoestablishthatissuanceofawritisneededtoavoidtheatkindofinjury(delay)forwhichextraordinaryreliefisdesigned. -@), Ї  Onconsiderationoftheforegoing,itis  ORDEREDthatthepetitionersmotionforextraordinaryreliefinthenatureofmandamusisDENIED.DATED: ` JanuaryJanuary 20,1999  % >   h      p     PERCURIAM. P  fqn/ise% :