In Re Mario Lavell Cockerham v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-26-00132-CR

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IN RE MARIO LAVELL COCKERHAM

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Original Proceeding

253rd District Court of Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. 26,494

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

On March 30, 2026, we received a petition for a writ of mandamus from Mario Lavell Cockerham. Upon receiving the petition, the Clerk of the Court notified the parties of specific procedural deficiencies in the mandamus petition and directed Cockerham to file a compliant petition by April 14, 2026. As of today, Cockerham has not complied with the notice issued by the appellate clerk. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for want of prosecution without ruling on the merits of Relator’s petition and without prejudice to Relator’s filing a new original proceeding that

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complies with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See generally Tex. R. App. P. 9.4, 9.5, 52.3.

PETITION DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

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Before Golemon, C.J., Wright and Chambers, JJ.