Legal Opinion
James E. Lawrence v. Robert L. Wilkie
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
Decided December 22, 2020No. 20-5697Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS NO. 20-5697 JAMES E. LAWRENCE, PETITIONER, V. ROBERT L. WILKIE, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, RESPONDENT. Before MEREDITH, TOTH, and LAURER, Judges. ORDER MEREDITH, Judge, filed the opinion of the Court. TOTH, Judge, filed a dissenting opinion. On August 13, 2020, the petitioner, James E. Lawrence, through counsel filed a petition for extraordinary relief in the form of a writ of mandamus seeking to compel VA to forward a copy of his claims file to his counsel. Petition (Pet.) at 1, 5. The petitioner asserted the following: (1) a VA regional…
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