In re: Clifton Donell Lyles

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 23-1843
In re: CLIFTON DONELL LYLES,
Petitioner.
No. 23-1844
In re: CLIFTON DONELL LYLES,
Petitioner.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence. (4:22-cv-03572-SAL-TER; 4:22-cv-01398-SAL)
Submitted: September 28, 2023 Decided: October 2, 2023
Before NIEMEYER, THACKER, and RUSHING, Circuit Judges.
Petition denied by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Clifton Donell Lyles, Petitioner Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Clifton Donell Lyles petitions for a writ of mandamus, alleging that the district court
has unduly delayed in transmitting a notice of appeal. He seeks an order from this court
directing the district court to act. The present record does not reveal undue delay in the
district court.* Accordingly, we deny the mandamus petition. 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
* We note that while Lyles appears to wish to appeal a magistrate judge’s order
denying a motion to appoint counsel to this Court, this order is not an appealable
interlocutory order and thus the district court reasonably docketed the notice as an appeal
to the district judge.

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