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Josh Reiss, chief of the Post-Conviction Writs Division with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in Houston, called Brown’s last-minute appeals a delay tactic.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Ben Wolff, the director of the state’s Office of Capital and Forensic Writs, a public defender’s office that represents Mr. Escobar, said Mr. Garza deserved praise for his willingness to keep an open mind.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Under the All Writs Act, federal courts can issue certain orders “necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

Writs of mandamus are extraordinary remedies, which are appropriate when there has been a "usurpation of judicial power" that is "clear and indisputable" -- and, Powell argued, Sullivan's behavior fits the bill.

From Fox News • May 19, 2020

Before this determination was reached James Otis made his memorable plea against "Writs of Assistance," one of the epoch-making events in the history of America.

From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.