Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-10-10 12:09:31.204962+00
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Fourth Court of Appeals
                                        San Antonio, Texas
                                               October 4, 2023

                                            No. 04-23-00040-CR

                             IN RE Benhur Isaac CASTRO RODRIGUEZ

                                            Original Proceeding 1

                                                   ORDER

       On January 12, 2023, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus. Relator also filed a
motion to stay the underlying proceeding pending our final resolution of the petition for writ of
mandamus, which we granted in part on January 13, 2023.

       After considering the petition, real party in interest’s response, relator’s reply, and this
record, this court concludes relator is partially entitled to the relief sought. Accordingly, the
complaint raised in relator’s petition for writ of mandamus that the trial court failed to rule on his
application for writ of habeas corpus is CONDITIONALLY GRANTED. The trial court is
ORDERED to rule on relator’s application for writ of habeas corpus filed on September 30, 2022
within 15 days of this order’s issuance.

        The complaint raised in relator’s petition for writ of mandamus that the trial court failed to
rule on his motion to continue or waive appearance is DISMISSED as moot. See TEX. R. APP. P.
52.8(a). The stay imposed on January 13, 2023 is LIFTED.

        The writ will issue only if the trial court fails to comply with this order.

        It is so ORDERED on October 4, 2023.

                                                                      _____________________________
                                                                      Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 4th day of October, 2023.

                                                                      _____________________________
                                                                      Michael A. Cruz, Clerk of Court
1
  This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 13054CR, styled State of Texas v. Benhur Isaac Castro Rodriguez, pending
in the County Court, Kinney County, Texas, the Honorable Todd Alexander Blomerth presiding.