Legal Opinion
Douglas Smith v. United States District Court Officers
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 7, 2000No. 98-1423, 98-1548PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
Douglas Smith was convicted in federal court some years ago of a drug crime, and he now seeks copies of audiotapes of all the proceedings in his case, claiming that the transcripts were inaccurate. He styled his claim, filed in the district court where he had been convicted, as a claim for a writ , of mandamus; but among other conditions on the exercise of the mandamus jurisdiction, the claimant must show that he had no adequate remedy at law, and Smith cannot - show this, because as we held in Smith v. United States, 956 F.2d 647 (7th Cir.1992) (another Smith), there is a…
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