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In re Walker

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston
May 8, 2008
No. 14-08-00347-CV (Tex. App. May. 8, 2008)

Opinion

No. 14-08-00347-CV

Memorandum Opinion filed May 8, 2008.

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS.

Panel consists of Justices YATES, ANDERSON and BROWN.


MEMORANDUM OPINION


On April 29, 2008, relator, James Andrew Walker, II, 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 John Ellisor, presiding judge of the 240th District Court of Brazoria County, to compel relator's trial attorney to comply with the trial court's December 18, 2007 order by filing an affidavit responding to the ineffective assistance of counsel claims raised in his application for writ of habeas corpus.

A court of appeals abuses its discretion in granting a mandamus when the act sought to be compelled is not ministerial. State ex rel. Hill v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Dist., 34 S.W.3d 924, 927 (Tex.Crim.App. 2001). Because the act relator seeks to compel is not ministerial, he has not established his entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relator's petition for writ of mandamus.


Summaries of

In re Walker

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston
May 8, 2008
No. 14-08-00347-CV (Tex. App. May. 8, 2008)
Case details for

In re Walker

Case Details

Full title:IN RE JAMES ANDREW WALKER, II, Relator

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston

Date published: May 8, 2008

Citations

No. 14-08-00347-CV (Tex. App. May. 8, 2008)