Opinion
14-24-00015-CV
01-09-2024
IN RE MICHAEL C. ENGELHART, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party Harris County, Texas
Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Wilson.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM.
On Monday, January 8, 2024, relator Michael C. Engelhart filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Elec. Code §§ 273.061-.063; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel respondent Michael Patrick Doyle, Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party, to reject Erica Roche Hughes's application and remove her name from the ballot for the 151st Judicial District Court of Harris County, Texas. Alternatively, relator requests that the court "instruct respondent to: reexamine Engelhart's Challenge under a preponderance-of-the-evidence standard; properly review the 'content' of Hughes's petition; and reject signatures proven to be invalid."
Because there are contested issues of fact that must be resolved after a hearing on the merits, relator has not established that he is entitled to mandamus relief. See In re Angelini, 186 S.W.3d 558, 559 (Tex. 2006). Accordingly, we deny relator's petition for writ of mandamus. Additionally, all pending motions are denied as moot.