Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-09-12 00:51:05.372674+00
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NO. 12-18-00188-CR
                             IN THE COURT OF APPEALS
                TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT
                                         TYLER, TEXAS

IN RE:                                                 §

MATTHEW BLAKE BALLARD,                                 §       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

RELATOR                                                §

                                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                          PER CURIAM
        Matthew Blake Ballard, acting pro se, filed this original proceeding in which he
challenges Respondent’s purported refusal to entertain his motion for judgment nunc pro tunc,
appoint counsel, hold a hearing at which Relator was allowed to be present, and credit his
sentence with all the time that Relator was confined up to pronouncement of the judgment and
sentence.1 According to Relator, he filed his motion on May 21, 2018 and Respondent issued a
letter order stating that he was not entitled to the requested time credits. Relator did not provide
this Court with a file marked copy of either his motion or Respondent’s order.
        On July 16, 2018, this Court notified Relator that his petition failed to comply with the
requirements of Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 9.5, 52.3(k), and 52.7. This Court further
informed Relator that the petition would be referred to the Court for dismissal unless Relator
provided the required certificate of service, appendix, and record on or before July 26. The
deadline has passed and Relator has not furnished this Court with a compliant record, appendix,
or certificate of service, or otherwise responded to this Court’s notice.
        Under rule of appellate procedure 9.5, relator was required to serve all parties to the
proceeding with a copy of his petition and to provide this Court with a certificate of service. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(a), (e). A relator must also file an appendix and a record as part of his
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         Respondent is the Honorable Campbell Cox, II, Judge of the 145th District Court in Nacogdoches County,
Texas. Relator states that his criminal case proceeded in the 420th District Court before Respondent; thus, we
assume Respondent presided over Relator’s case by assignment. The State of Texas is the Real Party in Interest.
petition in an original proceeding. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(k), 52.7. The record must include
(1) a certified or sworn copy of every document that is material to his claim for relief and that
was filed in any underlying proceeding; and (2) “a properly authenticated transcript of any
relevant testimony from any underlying proceeding, including any exhibits offered in evidence,
or a statement that no testimony was adduced in connection with the matter complained.” TEX.
R. APP. P. 52.7(a). It is a relator’s burden to provide a sufficient record to establish the right to
mandamus relief. In re Daisy, No. 12-13-00266-CR, 2014 WL 5577068, at *2 (Tex. App.—
Tyler Aug. 29, 2014, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication). Absent a
record, this Court cannot determine whether Relator is entitled to mandamus relief. See In re
McCreary, No. 12-15-00067-CR, 2015 WL 1395783, at *1 (Tex. App.—Tyler Mar. 25, 2015,
orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication). Thus, we deny Relator’s petition
for writ of mandamus.
Opinion delivered September 5, 2018.
Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J., and Neeley, J.

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                                  COURT OF APPEALS
     TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                          JUDGMENT

                                         SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

                                        NO. 12-18-00188-CR

                                MATTHEW BLAKE BALLARD,
                                        Relator
                                          V.

                                   HON. CAMPBELL COX, II,
                                          Respondent

                                       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

              ON THIS DAY came to be heard the petition for writ of mandamus filed by
Matthew Blake Ballard; who is the relator in Cause No. F1420760, pending on the docket of the
420th Judicial District Court of Nacogdoches County, Texas. Said petition for writ of mandamus
having been filed herein on July 16, 2018, and the same having been duly considered, because it
is the opinion of this Court that the writ should not issue, it is therefore CONSIDERED,
ADJUDGED and ORDERED that the said petition for writ of mandamus be, and the same is,
hereby denied.
                   By per curiam opinion.
                   Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.

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