In Re: Amanda Russell v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 23, 2024
• Docket: 05-24-00609-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

DENIED and Opinion Filed May 23, 2024

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-24-00605-CV No. 05-24-00607-CV No. 05-24-00608-CV No. 05-24-00609-CV No. 05-24-00610-CV

IN RE AMANDA RUSSELL, Relator

Original Proceedings from the 397th Judicial District Court Grayson County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. 074932, 075354, 075355, 075356, 075357

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Reichek, Goldstein, and Kennedy Opinion by Justice Reichek Before the Court is pro se relator’s May 21, 2024 Petition for Extraordinary

Writs of Mandamus and Prohibition. Relator asks this Court to compel the trial court

to rule on pending motions and to dismiss the criminal prosecutions against relator;

disqualify the Grayson County’s District Attorney’s Office from being involved in

any further criminal prosecutions against relator; restrain the trial court and “any

Grayson County officials” from taking any further action to prosecute relator;

reassign any potential re-prosecutions of relator to an impartial tribunal; order an independent investigation into relator’s allegations that law enforcement tampered

with, fabricated, and suppressed evidence; appoint a special prosecutor to review

relator’s allegations of constitutional violations; order a change of venue to a county

outside of Grayson County; order the return of all property, records, and materials

that relator contends were seized from her unlawfully; order the public release of

sealed records relating to relator’s complaints as a crime victim; reaffirm relator’s

due process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments; refer “all implicated

officials” for disciplinary review; and award relator any other relief deemed

necessary and appropriate.

We deny relator’s petition. Relator’s petition does not comply with the Texas

Rules of Appellate Procedure. See, e.g., TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(e), (g), (h), (j),

(k)(1)(A), 52.7(a). In any event, relator’s petition does not demonstrate entitlement

to any of the requested relief. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a); TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN.

§ 22.221; In re City of Dallas, No. 05-22-00657-CV, 2022 WL 2737672, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Dallas July 14, 2022, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).

/Amanda L. Reichek/ AMANDA L. REICHEK 240605F.P05 JUSTICE

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