Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-15 06:09:13.247003+00
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Opinion filed April 13, 2023

                                          In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                    __________

   Nos. 11-23-00064-CR, 11-23-00065-CR, 11-23-00066-CR, 11-23-
  00067-CR, 11-23-00068-CR, 11-23-00069-CR, & 11-23-00070-CR
                           __________

                           IN RE JOE N. WOODARD

                          Original Mandamus Proceeding

                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
       Relator, Joe N. Woodard, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in each of his
seven criminal cases. In each petition, Relator asserts that the Honorable Elizabeth
Leonard, the district judge of the 238th District Court in Midland County, has failed
to rule on his motion for a nunc pro tunc order within a reasonable time. We dismiss
the petitions for want of jurisdiction.
       In each petition, Relator states that he filed a motion for a nunc pro tunc order
on September 16, 2022. Relator further states that, on March 15, 2023, he requested
the trial court’s court coordinator to set the motion on the trial court’s docket. In
support, Relator attaches uncertified “copies” of his motion for a nunc pro tunc order
and his request for a setting. Relator requests that we order the trial court to “make
a written ruling” on his motion for a nunc pro tunc order.
      We requested a response from Judge Leonard. In her response, Judge Leonard
provided us with a copy of her order denying Woodard’s motion. By ruling on the
motion, Judge Leonard has provided Relator the relief he seeks from our court in his
mandamus petitions, and his petitions are now moot. We lack jurisdiction to decide
a moot controversy. In re Guardianship of Fairley, 650 S.W.3d 372, 379 (Tex.
2022).
      Accordingly, we dismiss the petitions for want of jurisdiction.

                                               PER CURIAM

April 13, 2023
Do not publish. See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.

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