Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-04-12 22:28:53.227808+00
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NUMBER 13-22-00135-CR

                                  COURT OF APPEALS

                       THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

                              IN RE JASON OMAR MORENO

                           On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

 Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina
              Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina1

        Relator Jason Omar Moreno, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of

mandamus in the above-referenced cause in which he requests that we direct the trial

court to rule on relator’s pending motions for discovery.2 Relator also filed a motion for

leave to file this original proceeding.

        1  See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is
not required to do so. When granting relief, the court must hand down an opinion as in any other case.”);
id. R. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions).
        2 Relator has an appeal pending in this Court in our cause number 13-21-00409-CR, Moreno v
State, and several closed cases. See Moreno v. State, No. 13-21-00391-CR, 2022 WL 322561, at *1 (Tex.
App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg Feb. 3, 2022, no pet. h.) (mem. op., not designated for publication); In re
       To be entitled to mandamus relief, the relator must establish both that he has no

adequate remedy at law to redress his alleged harm, and that what he seeks to compel

is a purely ministerial act not involving a discretionary or judicial decision. In re Harris,

491 S.W.3d 332, 334 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016) (orig. proceeding); In re McCann, 422

S.W.3d 701, 704 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (orig. proceeding). If the relator fails to meet both

requirements, then the petition for writ of mandamus should be denied. State ex rel.

Young v. Sixth Jud. Dist. Ct. of Apps. at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex. Crim.

App. 2007). It is the relator’s burden to properly request and show entitlement to

mandamus relief. Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]

1992, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (“Even a pro se applicant for a writ of mandamus

must show himself entitled to the extraordinary relief he seeks.”); see generally TEX. R.

APP. P. 52.3; Lizcano v. Chatham, 416 S.W.3d 862, 863 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011) (orig.

proceeding) (Alcala, J. concurring); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992)

(orig. proceeding).

       The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus

and the applicable law, is of the opinion that relator has not met his burden to obtain relief.

Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See In re Harris, 491 S.W.3d at

334; In re McCann, 422 S.W.3d at 704. We dismiss as moot relator’s motion for leave to

file the petition for writ of mandamus because leave is not required to file an original

Moreno, No. 13-21-00226-CR, 2021 WL 3269362, at *1 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg July 30,
2021, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Moreno v. Thompson, No. 13-16-00063-
CV, 2016 WL 3068241, at *1 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg May 26, 2016, no pet.) (per curiam)
(mem. op.); In re Moreno, No. 13-16-00262-CR, 2016 WL 2967990, at *1 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–
Edinburg May 13, 2016, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication); Moreno
v. State, 987 S.W.2d 195, 198 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg 1999, pet. ref’d).
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proceeding in an intermediate appellate court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52 & cmt.; In re Fields,

619 S.W.3d 394, 394 (Tex. App.—Waco 2021, orig. proceeding) (per curiam); see also

In re Gaona, No. 13-20-00524-CR, 2020 WL 7214294, at *2 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–

Edinburg Dec. 7, 2020, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication); In re

Ramos, No. 04-20-00466-CR, 2020 WL 6151001, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Oct. 21,

2020, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

                                                                     JAIME TIJERINA
                                                                     Justice

Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2 (b).

Delivered and filed on the
6th day of April, 2022.

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