Rodderick T. Davis v. USA

Rodderick Davis, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of mandamus, filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1361, to compel federal correctional officers to both certify to his prosecuting jurisdiction that he had given them substantial assistance and recommend that a motion for a sentence reduction be filed on his behalf. On appeal, Davis argues that the district court abused its discretion by dismissing his petition and erred by failing to liberally construe that petition.

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Davis was convicted in 2006 of one count of conspiracy to distribute more than five…