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In re Williams

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Feb 25, 2010
No. 09-10-00012-CV (Tex. App. Feb. 25, 2010)

Opinion

No. 09-10-00012-CV

Submitted on January 29, 2010.

Opinion Delivered February 25, 2010.

Original Proceeding.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., GAULTNEY and HORTON, JJ.


MEMORANDUM OPINION


Joe Edwin Williams and the Office of the State Counsel for Offenders ("SCFO") filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to grant counsel's motion to withdraw and to appoint non-SCFO counsel to represent him on appeal. See TEX. HEALTH SAFETY CODE ANN. § 841.005 (Vernon Supp. 2009). Mandamus relief is an extraordinary remedy that issues only when a trial court clearly abuses its discretion and the relators have no adequate remedy by appeal. See In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135-36 (Tex. 2004). In this case, relators have not shown that they are entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

PETITION DENIED.


Summaries of

In re Williams

Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont
Feb 25, 2010
No. 09-10-00012-CV (Tex. App. Feb. 25, 2010)
Case details for

In re Williams

Case Details

Full title:IN RE JOE EDWIN WILLIAMS AND STATE COUNSEL FOR OFFENDERS

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Ninth District, Beaumont

Date published: Feb 25, 2010

Citations

No. 09-10-00012-CV (Tex. App. Feb. 25, 2010)

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