OPINION
PER CURIAM.
In this petition for a writ of mandamus, David Sutton, Jr., seeks an order directing the Commissioner of Social Security to exercise his discretion to reopen proceedings and reinstate a 1985 decision that awarded him disability benefits. The Commissioner has responded that Sutton is barred by the doctrine of res judicata and, alternatively, that Sutton's petition should fail on the merits. Neither of these arguments needs to be addressed...
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