In Re Bruce Wayne Morris, Bruce Wayne Morris v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento), Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, Real Party in Interest

363 F.3d 891 In re Bruce Wayne MORRIS, Bruce Wayne Morris, Petitioner, v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento), Respondent, Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden, Real Party in Interest. No. 04-70667. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 24, 2004. Filed April 6, 2004. Marianne D. Bachers, San Francisco, California, and Tony Tamburello, Tamburello & Hanlon, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner. Ward A. Campbell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Susan Rankin Bunting, Deputy Attorney General, State of California, Sacramento, CA, for the real party in interest. Petition for Writ of Mandamus. D.C. No. CV-92-00483-EJB/GGH. Before FERGUSON, GRABER, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 This case is before us on a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Petitioner Bruce Wayne Morris. In considering a mandamus petition, we review a district court's actions for clear error. Cordoza v. Pac. States Steel Corp., 320 F.3d 989 , 998 (9th Cir.2003). Five factors guide our determination whether to grant a mandamus petition: 2 (1) The party seeking the writ has no other adequate means, such as a direct…