Court Opinion

ID: 4441788
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-09-26 14:16:15.745466+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:53:17.204057
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                                NO. 09-19-00300-CV
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                   IN RE HOWARD EVAN FORD
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                           Original Proceeding
           435th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas
                    Trial Cause No. 10-10-11568-CV
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator Howard Evan Ford filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, in

which he complains that the trial court erred by denying his motion for judgment

nunc pro tunc and asserts that the trial court lacked jurisdiction.

      Mandamus will issue only to correct a clear abuse of discretion or violation

of a duty imposed by law when that abuse cannot be remedied by appeal. In re

Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135-36 (Tex. 2004); Walker v. Packer,

827 S.W.2d 833, 839 (Tex. 1992). After reviewing the mandamus record and

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petition, we conclude that the relator has not demonstrated an abuse of discretion by

the trial court. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                    PER CURIAM

Submitted September 25, 2019
Opinion Delivered September 26, 2019

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

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