Court Opinion

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In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
                           ____________________
                              NO. 09-14-00214-CV
                           ____________________

                        IN RE NORMAN CRITTENDEN

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                               Original Proceeding
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator Norman Crittenden seeks mandamus relief against the judge of the

88th District Court of Tyler County, Texas. Relator contends the trial court

violated a ministerial duty to issue arrest warrants in response to an unsworn

declaration of an inmate, Rodney Tristan, that certain employees of the Texas

Department of Criminal Justice committed a criminal offense on February 13,

2014. See generally Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. arts. 6.01, 7.01 (West 2005)

(describing magistrate’s duty upon hearing threat of injury). Relator has not shown

that the trial court has a ministerial duty to issue warrants under the circumstances

presented in the petition. See In re Johnson, No. 07-04-0568-CV, 2004 WL
1
2937304, at *2 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Dec. 20, 2004, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).

The petition for writ of mandamus is denied.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                     PER CURIAM

Opinion Delivered May 22, 2014

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

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