in Re: Eric Flores

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

§ IN RE: ERIC FLORES, § No. 08-08-00328-CR

§ AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS Relator. §

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Relator, Eric Flores, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Honorable Julie Gonzalez,

Judge of El Paso County Court at Law No. 2, to “set a pretrial setting to hear relator’s writ of

Habeas Corpus based on the offense of harassment.”

In order to obtain relief through a writ of mandamus, a relator must establish: (1) no

other adequate remedy at law is available; and (2) that the act he seeks to compel is ministerial.

State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals At Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207

(Tex.Crim.App. 2007). An act is ministerial if it does not involve the exercise of any discretion.

State ex rel. Hill v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth District, 34 S.W.3d 924, 927 (Tex.Crim.App.

2001). Based on the petition and record provided, Mr. Flores has not demonstrated he is entitled

to mandamus relief. See TEX .R.APP .P. 52.8. We therefore deny relator’s request.

December 18, 2008 DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Chief Justice Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Rivera, JJ.

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