Opinion
No. 09-10-00026-CV
Submitted on January 29, 2010.
Opinion Delivered February 25, 2010.
Original Proceeding.
Before GAULTNEY, KREGER, and HORTON, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Charles Anthony Williams and the Office of the State Counsel for Offenders (SCFO) filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to grant counsel's motion to withdraw, and to appoint non-SCFO counsel to represent Williams in his separate appeal from a sexually violent predator commitment order. See TEX. HEALTH SAFETY CODE ANN. § 841.081 (Vernon Supp. 2009). Mandamus relief is an extraordinary remedy that issues only when a trial court clearly abuses its discretion and the relators have no adequate remedy by appeal. See In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135-36 (Tex. 2004). In this case, relators have not shown that they are entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.
PETITION DENIED.