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In re Jones

Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth District, Texarkana
Aug 12, 2004
No. 06-04-00089-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 12, 2004)

Opinion

No. 06-04-00089-CV.

Submitted: August 11, 2004.

Decided: August 12, 2004.

Original Mandamus Proceeding.

Before MORRISS, C.J., ROSS and CARTER, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION


Dwight Wayne Jones, an inmate at the Texas Department of Corrections — Institutional Division, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus. He asks us to order the Honorable Robin Sage, presiding judge of the 307th Judicial District Court in Gregg County, Texas, to rule on Jones' motion for a bench warrant he filed October 24, 2003.

Mandamus relief is an extraordinary remedy. We will issue a writ of mandamus only when the mandamus record establishes (1) a clear abuse of discretion or the violation of a legally imposed duty, and (2) the absence of a clear and adequate remedy at law. Cantu v. Longoria, 878 S.W.2d 131, 132 (Tex. 1994).

In this case, Jones has not supplied this Court with a record of the proceedings from the underlying case. Nor has he supplied us with anything, other than his petition, from which we could determine if the trial court abused its discretion or violated a duty imposed by law. Without such a record — as well as a clear showing that the trial court abused its discretion and that Jones has no other adequate relief available, such as appeal — mandamus relief is inappropriate.

Accordingly, we deny Jones' petition for writ of mandamus.


Summaries of

In re Jones

Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth District, Texarkana
Aug 12, 2004
No. 06-04-00089-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 12, 2004)
Case details for

In re Jones

Case Details

Full title:IN RE: DWIGHT WAYNE JONES

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Sixth District, Texarkana

Date published: Aug 12, 2004

Citations

No. 06-04-00089-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 12, 2004)