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COURT OF APPEALS
                                 EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                      EL PASO, TEXAS

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 IN RE: MANUEL RUBEN GARCIA,
                                                 §               No. 08-09-00087-CR
                      Relator.
                                                 §         AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

                                                 §                 IN MANDAMUS

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        MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

       Manuel Ruben Garcia has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus requesting this Court

to order the Judge of the 143rd District Court of Ward County, Texas to “initiate process” regarding

Relator’s Motion for Forensic DNA Testing pursuant to Chapter 64 of the Texas Code of Criminal

Procedure.

       In order to obtain relief through a writ of mandamus, a relator must establish: (1) no other

adequate remedy at law is available; and (2) that the act he seeks to compel is ministerial. State ex

rel. Young v. Sixth Judicial Dist. Court of Appeals at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207, 210

(Tex.Crim.App. 2007). An act is ministerial if it does not involve the exercise of any discretion.

State ex rel. Hill v. Court of Appeals for the Fifth District, 34 S.W.3d 924, 927 (Tex.Crim.App.
2001). Based on the petition and record provided, Mr. Garcia has not demonstrated he is entitled

to mandamus relief. See TEX .R.APP .P. 52.8. We therefore deny Relator’s request.

                                              GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice

May 27, 2009

Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Rivera, JJ.

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