Louis Dudley Brown v. Robert Bynum Gibson, Jr., Circuit Judge

Summary

The court denied the petition for a writ of mandamus because the petitioner did not provide a sufficient record showing that the circuit court failed to dispose of his pro se pleadings or that he had a clear right to a written order addressing their merits. A represented defendant generally has no right to pursue hybrid representation, although the trial court must make some disposition of a pro se filing on the record and may strike it or otherwise act on it. The petitioner did not establish that he was proceeding pro se or that an oral disposition had not occurred.