A mandamus is an order to a public agency or governmental body to perform an act required by law when it has neglected or refused to do so. A person may petition for a writ of mandamus when an official has refused to fulfill a legal obligation, such as ordering an agency to release public records.
Idaho Petition or Application for Writ of Mandamus or Mandate for Refusal of Administrative Agency to Act on Petition
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What is an example of a writ? A writ of mandamus can be filed against a court or a government official. For example, if a government official does not release information that should be made public, a writ of mandamus can be filed, asking the court to compel the official to release the information.
What is an example of a writ? A writ of mandamus can be filed against a court or a government official. For example, if a government official does not release information that should be made public, a writ of mandamus can be filed, asking the court to compel the official to release the information.
Mandate refers to the traditional writ, codified in Code of Civil Procedure sections 1085 and 1086, which require the absence of a ?plain, speedy, and adequate remedy? as a basis for extraordinary relief. Mandamus refers to the administrative writ, and it is almost always preceded by the modifier administrative.
Most such writ petitions are common-law writ petitions, which are not specifically set out by statute, and do not have a specific statute of limitation. However, courts have generally inferred a prudential, but not jurisdictional, 60-day deadline, by analogy with the amount of time usually allowed for appeals.
A (writ of) mandamus is an order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion. See e.g. Cheney v. United States Dist.
Another example of a writ is the writ of seizure and sale is one example of a writ. When this writ is drafted by a court, it gives the petitioning party the right to take over ownership of a piece of property from someone else.
There are several steps to filing a writ of mandamus, which include preparing a lawsuit, filing with the appropriate court, summoning and serving the defendants, and making copies of relevant paperwork among other things.
Idaho Appellate Rule 5. Special Writs and Proceedings. (a) Special Writs. Any person may apply to the Supreme Court for the issuance of any extraordinary writ or other proceeding over which the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction.
