The following excerpt is from Direct Benefits, LLC v. Christopher R. Barclay, Chapter 7 Tr., & Remar Invs., LP (In re Tac Fin., Inc.), Case No.: 17cv00381-AJB-BGS (S.D. Cal. 2017):
A writ of mandamus "has traditionally been used in the federal courts only 'to confine an inferior court to a lawful exercise of its prescribed jurisdiction or to compel it to exercise its authority when it is its duty to do so.'" Will v. United States, 389 U.S. 90, 95
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(1967) (citation omitted).
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