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DENY and Opinion Filed April 19, 2023

                                   S  In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-23-00328-CV

                 IN RE STEVEN WAYNE RUSSELL, Relator

          Original Proceeding from the 196th Judicial District Court
                            Hunt County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 11673

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
               Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Carlyle, and Garcia
                       Opinion by Justice Partida-Kipness
      Relator petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the trial court

to deliver a copy of his judgment to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

      To be entitled to mandamus relief in a criminal case, relator must show (1) that

he has no adequate remedy at law and (2) that what he seeks to compel is a

ministerial act. In re State ex rel. Weeks, 391 S.W.3d 117, 122 (Tex. Crim. App.

2013) (orig. proceeding). Relator bears the burden to provide the Court with a

sufficient record to establish his right to relief. Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833,

837 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding).

      Relator has not provided this Court with a record establishing his right to

relief, and his petition does not comply with several of the requirements set out in
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3, 52.7. Accordingly,

we deny the petition.

                                         /Robbie Partida-Kipness/
                                         ROBBIE PARTIDA-KIPNESS
                                         JUSTICE

230328F.P05

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