Court Opinion

ID: 9648923
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 14:38:15.241736+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:08:23.456831
License: Public Domain

MEYERS,
concurs with note:
I agree with the majority that Relator is entitled to writs of mandamus and prohibition ordering Judge Garza to vacate his orders granting personal bonds and to direct him not to enter any more such orders. The Court says these are “the only adequate remedies to address the problem at hand.” Judge Garza’s actions are presumably viewed by the majority as “the problem at hand.” To me, the “problem at hand” is that which Judge Garza’s actions attempted to address, the overcrowding of jails. As to this problem, the only remedy available defendants, apart from legislation providing for more facilities, is through writs of habeas corpus.