in Re: Babu S. Kalluvilayil

Opinion

Dismiss and Opinion Filed September 22, 2015

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-15-01111-CV

IN RE BABU S. KALLUVILAYIL, Relator

Original Proceeding from the Criminal District Court No. 1 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F-9100956-H

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Lang-Miers, Stoddart, and Whitehill Opinion by Justice Whitehill Relator filed this petition for writ of mandamus requesting that the Court order the district

clerk to transmit his notice of appeal to this Court. The Court has now received the notice of

appeal, which has been assigned cause number 05-15-01140-CR. Accordingly, relator’s petition

for writ of mandamus is moot. See In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737

(Tex. 2005) (orig. proceeding) ( “A case becomes moot if a controversy ceases to exist between

the parties at any stage of the legal proceedings.”); State Bar of Tex. v. Gomez, 891 S.W.2d 243,

245 (Tex. 1994) (orig. proceeding) (controversy is justiciable if there is real controversy between

the parties that will be actually resolved by judicial relief sought); Dow Chem. Co. v. Garcia, 909

S.W.2d 503, 505 (Tex. 1995) (orig. proceeding) (court will not issue mandamus if it would be

useless or unavailing). We dismiss the petition.

151111F.P05 /Bill Whitehill/ BILL WHITEHILL JUSTICE

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