Opinion
No. 14-08-00301-CV
Memorandum Opinion filed April 24, 2008.
Original Proceeding Writ of Mandamus.
Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES, and Justices FOWLER and BOYCE.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On April 14, 2008, relator Edward R. Newsome, acting pro se, filed what we construe to be a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(b) (Vernon 1988); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. Relator does not identify the respondent by name or description, and has not specified from what order(s) he is seeking relief.
Relator's motion is actually titled as one seeking leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus, with accompanying requests for prohibition, abatement, clemency, and injunctive relief. The requirement that a relator request leave to file a mandamus petition was repealed in 1997. See Tex. R. App. P. 52 cmt. However, we are to liberally construe the pleadings of a party acting pro se. See Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426-27 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, 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.