Royster v. Lederle

HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Dacia Royster, applied for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, the Honorable Arthur F. Lederle, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, to vacate and set aside his order of continuance entered in the case of Royster v. Ruggerio, 2 F.R.D. 429, pursuant to Section 201 of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 1181, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 521. We issued an order to show cause to which appropriate reply has been made supported by brief.

The facts are not in dispute…