in Re Emilio De Los Santos

Opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Petition for Writ of Prohibition Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed September 22, 2016.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-16-00749-CV NO. 14-16-00750-CV

IN RE EMILIO DE LOS SANTOS, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS WRIT OF PROHIBITION County Court at Law No. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 15-CPR-028306

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On September 21, 2016, relator Emilio De Los Santos filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Sandy Beilstein, presiding judge of the County Court at Law No. 4 of Fort Bend County, to set aside the August 23, 2016 order directing relator to vacate certain property. Relator has not shown that he is entitled to mandamus relief.

Relator also filed a petition for writ of prohibition, to prohibit Judge Beilstein from holding any hearings in the case until this court has decided the petition for writ of mandamus. No appeal related to the underlying action is pending in this court. In the absence of a pending appeal, this court lacks jurisdiction over relator’s petition for writ of prohibition. See Bayoud v. N. Cent. Inv. Corp., 751 S.W.2d 525, 529 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1988, orig. proceeding) (“A court of appeals does not have jurisdiction, absent a pending appeal, to issue a writ of prohibition requiring that a trial court refrain from performing a future act.”).

Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus, and dismiss his petition for writ of prohibition for lack of jurisdiction. We further deny relator’s emergency motion for temporary relief.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Boyce and Christopher.