In re: Dalton Alonzo Dixon

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 22-2193
In re: DALTON ALONZO DIXON,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. (5:21-ct-03291-D)
Submitted: February 16, 2023 Decided: February 21, 2023
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, RUSHING, Circuit Judge, and FLOYD, Senior Circuit
Judge.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dalton Alonzo Dixon, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Dalton Alonzo Dixon petitions for a writ of mandamus seeking an order compelling
this court, as well as various state officials, to address and respond to Dalton’s previously
filed self-styled “Notice of Renunciation” of his statutory United States citizenship. In his
supplemental petition, Dixon also seeks an order directing that the Commonwealth of
Virginia be removed as a defendant and asserts that the State of North Carolina is
responsible for subjecting Dixon to a foreign jurisdiction.
Mandamus relief is a drastic remedy and should be used only in extraordinary
circumstances. Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 542 U.S. 367, 380 (2004); In re Murphy-Brown,
LLC, 907 F.3d 788, 795 (4th Cir. 2018). Further, mandamus relief is available only when
the petitioner has a clear right to the relief sought and “has no other adequate means to
attain the relief [he] desires.” Murphy-Brown, 907 F.3d at 795 (alteration and internal
quotation marks omitted).
Upon review of the subject petition and supplement, we conclude that the relief
sought by Dixon is not available by way of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny the petition
for writ of mandamus. We also deny Dixon’s motion to intervene. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
PETITION DENIED

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