Opinion
WR-31 789-03
10-20-2021
IN RE DONNIS RAY HANCOCK, Relator
Do not publish
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF MANDAMUS CAUSE NO. 1471570 IN THE 178TH DISTRICT COURT FROM HARRIS COUNTY
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Relator has filed a motion for leave to file a writ of mandamus pursuant to the original jurisdiction of this Court. In it, he contends that he filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the 178th District Court of Harris County and the application has not yet been forwarded to this Court.
Respondent, the District Clerk of Harris County, shall forward Relator's habeas application to this Court, respond that Relator has not filed a habeas application in Harris County, or forward a copy of an order designating issues together with correspondence documenting the date the State received Relator's habeas application, or forward a copy of an order establishing new deadlines in accordance with this Court's emergency orders regarding the COVID-19 State of Disaster. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, § 3(c) and (d); Tex.R.App.P. 73.4(b)(5); Thirty-Eighth Emergency Order Regarding the Covid-19 State of Disaster, No. 21-9060 (Tex. May. 26, 2021). This motion for leave to file will be held.