Opinion
NO. 14-12-01154-CR
01-08-2013
IN RE BRADLEY J. BARTON, Relator
Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed January 8, 2013.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
On Appeal from the 176th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court No. 1206429
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 21, 2012, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the Honorable Shawna L. Reagin, presiding judge of the 176th District Court of Harris County, "to rescind her December 7th, 2010 court order 'preventing all mail contact, phone contact, and personal visitations' of Relator."
To be entitled to mandamus relief in a criminal case, a relator must show that he has no adequate remedy at law to redress his alleged harm, and what he seeks to compel is a ministerial act, not involving a discretionary or judicial decision. State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (orig. proceeding). Relator has not established his entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relator's petition for writ of mandamus.
Panel consists of Justices Frost, Christopher, and Jamison. Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).