that matter as referred to the Board by the RO.” Scates, supra. Just as the Court noted in Scates, the matter of the Secretary’s direct payment of attorney fees in this ease “remains pending before the Secretary by virtue of the fee agreements] filed in this case”, ibid., and all parties will be able to raise any issues they wish before the RO. B. Petition for Writ of Mandamus “The remedy of mandamus is a drastic one, to be invoked only in extraor dinary situations.” Kerr v. United States District Court, 426 U.S. 394, 402, 96 S.Ct. 2119, 48 L.Ed.2d 725 (1976). Before a court may issue a writ, a petitioner must demonstrate (1) a clear and indisputable right to the writ and (2) a lack of adequate alternative means to obtain the relief sought. See Cox Fee Agreement II, 10 Vet.App. at 370 (<HOLDING>). Hence, a petitioner must satisfy both prongs
holding that this court has power under 28 usc  1651 to issue all writs necessary and appropriate in aid of its jurisdiction and agreeable to the usages and principles of law holding that district court had jurisdiction to consider claims under the all writs act holding that this court has authority in appropriate circumstances to issue writs under all writs act 28 usc  1651a recognizing the all writs act gives federal courts authority to issue writs of coram nobis to correct fundamental errors in criminal proceedings where the person is no longer in custody holding that removal to federal court was proper for claims asserted under all writs act