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In re Skinner

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas
Mar 7, 2024
No. 05-24-00062-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 7, 2024)

Opinion

05-24-00062-CV

03-07-2024

IN RE JOSHUA SKINNER, Relator


Original Proceeding from the 204th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F-1520176-Q

Before Justices Reichek, Goldstein, and Kennedy

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NANCY KENNEDY, JUSTICE

In this original proceeding, relator seeks a writ of mandamus compelling the trial court to rule on his motion for forensic DNA testing. After we requested a response on March 1, 2024, the trial court filed a copy of its March 5, 2024 order denying relator's motion. Because relator has obtained all relief requested in this original proceeding, the issues presented in this petition are now moot. See In re Contract Freighters, Inc., 646 S.W.3d 810, 813 (Tex. 2022) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam); In re Bienati, No. 05-22-00324-CV, 2022 WL 16735366, at *1 (Tex. App.-Dallas Nov. 7, 2022, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); In re Cloud, No. 05-13-01156-CV, 2013 WL 4859265, at *1 (Tex. App.-Dallas Sept. 11, 2013, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). We lack subject-matter jurisdiction over a case that has become moot. In re Johnson, 599 S.W.3d 311, 312 (Tex. App.-Dallas 2020, orig. proceeding).

Accordingly, we dismiss relator's petition for a writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.


Summaries of

In re Skinner

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas
Mar 7, 2024
No. 05-24-00062-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 7, 2024)
Case details for

In re Skinner

Case Details

Full title:IN RE JOSHUA SKINNER, Relator

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas

Date published: Mar 7, 2024

Citations

No. 05-24-00062-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 7, 2024)