Court Opinion

ID: 4247594
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-02-22 22:28:03.476088+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:42:18.478625
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-18-00062-CV
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                             IN RE JOSEPH E. LEAL

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                               Original Proceeding
                  75th District Court of Liberty County, Texas
                           Trial Cause No. CV1510066
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Joseph E. Leal filed a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the judge of

the 75th District Court of Liberty County, Texas, to vacate an order of abatement

and proceed to trial in trial court case number CV1510066, styled Steve Hebert v.

Joseph E. Leal et al. Leal argues that the trial court denied Leal’s due process rights

by abating case number CV1510066 pending enforcement of a “corrected default

judgment” signed on February 11, 2015, in trial court case number CV1408862,

styled Steve Hebert v. Joseph E. Leal et al. As temporary relief, Leal requested a

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stay of the issuance and execution of an order for sheriff’s sale in trial court case

number CV1408862.

      To be entitled to mandamus relief, a relator must show both that the trial court

has clearly abused its discretion and that relator has no adequate appellate remedy.

In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig.

proceeding). Based on the record before us, we conclude that the relator has not

shown that he is entitled to the relief he requested. See Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d
833, 839-40 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). Accordingly, the petition for writ of

mandamus is denied. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). Relator’s request for temporary

relief is likewise denied.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                           PER CURIAM

Submitted on February 21, 2018
Opinion Delivered February 22, 2018

Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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