In re: William Bond, No. 13-2462 (4th Cir. 2013)
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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-2462 In re: William C. Bond, Petitioner. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Submitted: December 6, 2013 (1:05-cr-00358-JFM) Decided: December 6, 2013 Before KING, SHEDD, and DIAZ Circuit Judges. Petition dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. William C. Bond, Petitioner Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: This case comes before the court on a petition for writ of mandamus filed by William C. Bond under the Crime Victims' Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771 ("CVRA"). The reasonable CVRA affords protection to from victims the of accused, crime the to notice rights of to court proceedings, to participation in court proceedings, to confer with government counsel, to receive restitution, to proceedings free from unreasonable delay, and to be treated with fairness. 18 U.S.C. § 3771(a). These rights may be asserted in the district court and, if the district court denies relief, the movant may petition the court of appeals for a writ of mandamus. 18 U.S.C. § 3771(d)(3). If such a petition is filed, "[t]he court of appeals shall take up and decide such application within 72 hours after the petition has been filed." forthwith Id. If the court of appeals denies the relief sought, "the reasons for the denial shall be clearly stated on the record in a written opinion." Id. Bond filed a Motion for Relief under the Crime Victim's Rights Act in the district court on November 20, 2013 alleging that the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office is violating his rights under the Crime Victim's Rights Act, and the rights of all the citizens of Maryland, by failing to protect them from judicial misconduct of federal judges and misconduct by "incompetent and 2 unethical attorneys." Bond has been attempting to intervene in the underlying criminal case since 2009, to unseal documents which he claims will show misconduct attorneys in the case. on the docket district sheet judge on the part of judges and (Bond is named as an "interested party" of denied the the underlying motion on criminal November case.) 21, The 2013, by handwriting the word "denied" on the first page of the motion without further discussion (see attached). Petitioner filed the petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §3771, Crime Victims' December 5, 2013 at 3:21 p.m. Rights in this court on According to Bond, this case involves "a highly publicized Maryland political corruption case in which a total of nine people were prosecuted and convicted by the Government." Bond had been attempting to intervene in this case for many years to unseal the record in the criminal case. In 2009, the district court denied his motion to intervene and unseal "attorney misconduct" disqualification" documents, and this and court, in "prosecutorial 09-7572, in an unpublished per curiam opinion, affirmed for the reasons stated by the district judge (see docket entry 221 of the district court docket, attempting to entered July relitigate 16, these 2009.) same Petitioner issues by is now claiming his status as "crime victim" under the Crime Victim's Rights Act and alleging that the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office owes a duty to him, and the other citizens of Maryland, to protect them from 3 the federal judges who have "repetitiously violated 28 U.S.C. §455," pertaining to the disqualification of judges. Petitioner is not a crime victim under the Crime Victim's Rights Act. matter- he He was not the victim in the underlying criminal is listed interested party." on His the district failed court attempts to docket as "an intervene in the criminal case do not make him a crime victim, nor do the alleged denials of his rights under bootstrap him to this status. the Crime of documents and Rights Act By his own admission, "there is no prosecution to be as yet underway." unsealing Victim's protection The rights he seeks"from two Article III judges who have repetitiously violated 28 U.S.C. 455" are not rights enumerated in 18 U.S.C. 3771(a). Accordingly, the court denies petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis and dismisses the petition for writ of mandamus. DISMISSED 4
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