Tripati, In re, 87-5382
| Decision Date | 22 January 1988 |
| Docket Number | No. 87-5382,87-5382 |
| Citation | 836 F.2d 1406 |
| Parties | In re Anant Kumar TRIPATI, Petitioner. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — District of Columbia Circuit |
Anant Kumar Tripati, pro se.
Before RUTH BADER GINSBURG, STARR and BUCKLEY, Circuit Judges.
Opinion for the Court filed PER CURIAM.
Petitioner Anant Kumar Tripati, currently incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, has petitioned the court to issue a writ of mandamus. Tripati seeks to overturn an order of the district court transferring this lawsuit to the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion in ordering the case transferred, the petition is denied.
On May 13, 1987, Tripati filed a complaint for declaratory relief in the district court. Purporting to represent a class of "each and every Federal Prisoner, past, current [and] future," Tripati asserted, inter alia, violations of his sixth amendment rights. These violations allegedly stemmed from the government's failure to inform "accused individuals," including Tripati, of their right to self representation.
Tripati also alleged denial of access to legal materials, disabling him from adequately pursuing review of his convictions. Specifically, he claimed that because his convictions "result[ed] from complex technical banking, insurance, securities and investment transactions," the available legal materials were plainly inadequate to allow him to challenge his convictions effectively.
Tripati moved for summary judgment. While the motion was pending, the government moved to have the case transferred to the federal district court in Arizona. Tripati opposed the motion, arguing that the lawsuit challenged "policies formulated in this district." The district court, on October 27, 1987, ordered transfer of the case to Arizona.
Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy to be granted only where essential to the interests of justice. Starnes v. McGuire, 512 F.2d 918, 929 (D.C.Cir.1974) (en banc). The writ will issue to block a transfer only if the court concludes, upon review of the entire record, that the district court grossly abused its discretion. Id. No such abuse occurred here.
As already noted, Tripati is incarcerated in the federal correctional facility in Tucson, Arizona. A prolific pro se litigant, Tripati has filed numerous civil actions in the federal district court in Arizona. Because his filings there have been so numerous, that district court ordered its clerk not to accept any complaint or petition from Tripati except pursuant to an order of a judge of the court. This measure was intended to insure that a judicial...
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