Federal Circuit disposition — 26-148

N OTE: This order is nonprecedential.
United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit
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In re RANDY BRACKINS EL,
Petitioner
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2026-148
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On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the Merit Sys-
tems Protection Board in Nos. AT-1221-26-0143-W-1 and
2026A001840.
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ON PETITION AND MOTION
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P ER CURIAM .
O R D E R
Randy Brackins El moves the court to grant leave to
file a petition for a writ of mandamus concerning a pending
matter before the Merit Systems Protection Board.
In November 2025, Mr. Brackins El filed a whistle-
blower appeal with the Board. El v. NASA, No. AT-1221-
26-0143-W-1, 2026 WL 103064 (M.S.P.B. Jan. 7, 2026).
The assigned administrative judge issued an initial deci-
sion dismissing the appeal. Mr. Brackins El’s petition in-
dicates that, in January 2026, he filed a petition seeking
the full Board’s review of that decision that he indicates
remains pending.
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IN RE BRACKINS EL 2
A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary remedy and
may issue only if the petitioner has shown a clear and in-
disputable right to relief and that there are no other ade-
quate means to attain the relief desired. See Cheney v. U.S.
Dist. Ct. for D.C., 542 U.S. 367, 380–81 (2004).
Mr. Brackins El has not met this demanding standard
here. To the extent he asserts the administrative judge
erred on the merits of his appeal or erred by failing to grant
his motions regarding the submission of evidence, he has
not shown that the normal appeal process (seeking our re-
view after the Board issues its final decision) is inadequate.
Nor has he shown any delay by the Board in resolving this
matter is so egregious as to warrant mandamus relief.1
Accordingly,
I T I S O RDERED T HAT :
The motion for leave to file this petition is granted to
the extent that the petition is docketed and denied.
July 8, 2026
Date
F OR THE COURT
1 Mr. Brackins El notes that he is the subject of a
filing restriction imposed by the United States District
Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Brackins El
Priv. Est. v. White, No. 5:25-cv-1568 (N.D. Ala. Feb. 11,
2026), ECF No. 44 at 4–6. The court grants leave to what-
ever extent necessary to docket and deny this petition.
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