Court Opinion

ID: 3196474
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Date Created: 2016-04-21 15:16:49.946705+00
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In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-16-00102-CV
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                          IN RE ELIZABETH SMITH

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                              Original Proceeding
                172nd District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                           Trial Cause No. E-197802
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Elizabeth Smith, Relator, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus seeking

relief from the trial court’s order requiring her claims to be arbitrated. See Tex. R.

App. P. 52.1. In her petition, Relator contends the trial court abused its discretion

by compelling arbitration of her claim for legal malpractice based on a provision in

a legal services agreement providing for arbitration. Smith asks this Court to

compel the trial court to withdraw its order compelling arbitration. After reviewing

the petition for writ of mandamus and the mandamus record that accompanied the

petition, we conclude that Smith has not shown that she is entitled to mandamus

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relief. See In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135-36 (Tex. 2004)

(orig. proceeding); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 839-40 (Tex. 1992). We

deny the petition seeking mandamus relief. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                        PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 20, 2016
Opinion Delivered April 21, 2016

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

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