Mandamus denied, with explanation

Continuing a not-infrequent practice, the Fifth Circuit denied mandamus relief in In re Royal Street Bistro while providing “[a] brief explanation” of the Court’s skeptical view of a controversial Seventh Circuit opinion about lessee rights. In conclusion, the Court observed: “None of this means that the bankruptcy and district courts’ overstatement of their reasoning created the kind of serious misinterpretation of law or facts that may support one of the criteria for mandamus relief. See In re JP Morgan Chase & Co., 916 F.3d 494, 500 (5th Cir. 2019). Courts must be cautioned, however, against blithely accepting Qualitech‘s reasoning and textual exegesis.” No. 22-30066 (Feb. 16, 2022).