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Case: 26-153 Document: 8 Page: 1 Filed: 10/23/2026 NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ______________________ In Re DAITONA CARTER, Petitioner ______________________ 2026-153 ______________________ On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts in No. 1:26- cv-10304-ADB, Judge Allison Dale Burroughs. ______________________ ON PETITION AND MOTION ______________________ Before CHEN, LINN, and CUNNINGHAM, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM. ORDER Daitona Carter moved to intervene in a patent in- fringement action, asserting she is the inventor. The dis- trict court denied her motion, and she has appealed to this court. Solos Tech. Ltd. v. Meta Platforms, Inc., Appeal No. 2026-1721 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 22, 2026). She has also unsuc- cessfully attempted to participate in inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) related to the patents. She now petitions this court for a writ of mandamus seeking various relief, Case: 26-153 Document: 8 Page: 2 Filed: 10/23/2026 2 IN RE CARTER including a stay of the PTAB proceedings. 1 Ms. Carter also moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. A petitioner seeking the extraordinary remedy of man- damus must show: (1) “no other adequate means to attain the relief [s]he desires,” (2) a “clear and indisputable” right to relief, and (3) the writ is “appropriate under the circum- stances.” Cheney v. U.S. Dist. Ct. for D.C., 542 U.S. 367, 380–81 (2004) (cleaned up). Ms. Carter has not shown en- titlement to relief. She may raise her arguments and re- quests for relief related to the district court action in Appeal No. 2026-1721. She has also not shown a clear and indisputable right to a stay of the PTAB proceedings or that she lacks other adequate means to obtain relief. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT: (1) The petition for mandamus is denied. (2) The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is denied. FOR THE COURT October 23, 2026 Date 1 Ms. Carter files a “corrected” petition, ECF No. 6, which supersedes the initial petition, ECF No. 2.