Court Opinion

ID: 9399468
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Date Created: 2023-06-04 07:11:35.511007+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:09.761765
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed June
1, 2023.

                                        In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                 NO. 14-23-00326-CV

                          IN RE LISA SEARCY, Relator

                           ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                             WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                               306th District Court
                             Galveston County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 22-FD-0345

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On May 9, 2023, relator Lisa Searcy 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 Anne B. Darring, presiding
judge of the 306th District Court of Galveston County, to vacate her March 17, 2022
order and return relator’s children to her.
      To obtain mandamus relief, a relator generally must show both that the trial
court clearly abused its discretion and that the relator has no adequate remedy by
appeal. In re C.J.C., 603 S.W.3d 804, 811 (Tex. 2020) (orig. proceeding). A relator
has the burden to provide the court with a record sufficient to establish her right to
relief. Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding).
Relator has failed to do so.

      The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure require a relator to provide “a
certified or sworn copy” of certain documents, including any order complained of,
any other document showing the matter complained of, and every document that is
material to the relator’s claim for relief that was filed in any underlying proceeding.
See Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(k)(1)(A), 52.7(a)(1). Relator has not submitted any
documents, including the March 17, 2022 order, with her petition. In the absence of
the complained of order and any other document relevant to her request for relief,
relator cannot meet her burden to demonstrate her right to a writ of mandamus.

      Relator has not established that she is entitled to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

                                        PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Zimmerer and Poissant.

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