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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed April
8, 2014.

                                     In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-14-00232-CR
                               NO. 14-14-00233-CR

                     IN RE ESEQUIEL OCHOA, Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                         234th & 263rd District Courts
                            Harris County, Texas
                  Trial Court Cause Nos. 1026778 & 983043

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On March 19, 2014, relator Esequiel Ochoa filed a petition for writ of
mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R.
App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the Honorable Jim
Wallace, presiding judge of the 263rd District Court of Harris County, to rule on
relator’s motion for nunc pro tunc judgment.
       Relator states in his petition that he filed his motion on January 10, 2014.
To be entitled to mandamus relief, a relator must show that he has no adequate
remedy at law to redress his alleged harm, and what he seeks to compel is a
ministerial act, not involving a discretionary or judicial decision. State ex rel.
Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207
S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (orig. proceeding). Consideration of a
motion that is properly filed and before the court is a ministerial act. State ex rel.
Curry v. Gray, 726 S.W.2d 125, 128 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987) (orig. proceeding)
(op. on reh’g). A relator must establish that the trial court (1) had a legal duty to
rule on the motion; (2) was asked to rule on the motion; and (3) failed to do so. In
re Keeter, 134 S.W.3d 250, 252 (Tex. App.—Waco 2003, orig. proceeding). A
relator must show that the trial court received, was aware of, and was asked to rule
on the motion. In re Villarreal, 96 S.W.3d 708, 710 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2003,
orig. proceeding). Filing something with the district clerk’s office does not mean
the trial court is aware of it; nor is the clerk’s knowledge imputed to the trial court.
Id. at n.2.

       Relator has not provided a sufficient record in this original proceeding.
Relator has not provided filed-stamped copies of his motion demonstrating that his
motion is actually pending in the trial court. Moreover, relator has not shown that
the trial court received the motion, was aware of the motion, or was asked to rule
on the motion.

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      Relator has not established his entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a
writ of mandamus. Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

                                                 PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices McCally, Busby, and Donovan.
Do Not Publish — Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

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