IN RE JORDAN

No. 09-72379.

606 F.3d 1135 (2010)

In re Terri JORDAN; Donald R. Jarvis; Cesar Cervantes; Jim Canales; Hector Arzola; Francisco Montijo; George Elizardo; Steven W. Fierro; Ari Galindorojo; Mark Coronado; Thomas Garcia; Michael Ramos; Jesse Rodriguez, Jr.; Eric Romero; Martin Guevarra; Jose Ochoa; Robert Torres; Frederick Widmaye; Ramon Uribe; Richard Gutierrez; Leonard Valles; Manuel Viramontes; Ross Jauregui; Jose Luis Del Rio; Jerry Pavia; Gary Lawson; Jose Noriega; Kevin Thomas; Eduardo Sanchez; Raul Varela, Jr.; James W. Isborn; Alex Vallejo; Isaac Daza; Don Cook; Stephen Werthington; Mariano Garcia; Joseph Gallegos; Michael Jordan; Joshua Steven Teutschman; Robert Leon; Stephen Worthington; Phillip Alarcon; Angel E. Espinoza, Petitioners. Terri Jordan; Donald R. Jarvis; Cesar Cervantes; Jim Canales; Hector Arzola; Francisco Montijo; George Elizardo; Steven W. Fierro; Ari Galindorojo; Mark Coronado; Thomas Garcia; Michael Ramos; Jesse Rodriguez, Jr.; Eric Romero; Martin Guevarra; Jose Ochoa; Robert Torres; Frederick Widmaye; Ramon Uribe; Richard Gutierrez; Leonard Valles; Manuel Viramontes; Ross Jauregui; Jose Luis Del Rio; Jerry Pavia; Angel E. Espinoza; Gary Lawson; Jose Noriega; Kevin Thomas; Eduardo Sanchez; Raul Varela, Jr.; James W. Isborn; Alex Vallejo; Isaac Daza; Don Cook; Stephen Werthington; Mariano Garcia; Joseph Gallegos; Michael Jordan; Joshua Steven Teutschman; Robert Leon; Stephen Worthington; Phillip Alarcon, Petitioners, v. United States District Court for the Central District of California, Los Angeles, Respondent. United States of America, Respondent and Real Party in Interest, v. Assorted Firearms, Motorcycles and Other Personal Property, Petitioners and Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 1, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Honig, Marina Del Rey, CA, and Richard M. Barnett, San Diego, CA, for the petitioners.

Steven R. Welk, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent/real party in interest.

Before BETTY B. FLETCHER, HARRY PREGERSON, and SUSAN P. GRABER, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Terri Jordan and others seek a writ of mandamus ordering the district court to direct the government to return motorcycles seized in connection with a criminal investigation. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1651 and deny the petition.

"A writ of mandamus is an extraordinary or drastic remedy, used only to confine an inferior court to a lawful exercise of its prescribed jurisdiction or to compel it to exercise its authority...

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