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IN RE: SENRICK WILKERSON, Relator
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before the Court is relator's January 30, 2017 “motion for nihil dicit default judgment” in which he requests that the Court order the trial court to issue a bench warrant to transport the relator to Dallas County so that he can attend an evidentiary hearing that has not yet been scheduled and to appoint counsel. We treat relator's motion as a petition for writ of mandamus.
To be entitled to a writ of mandamus in a criminal case, the relator must show that (1) he has no other adequate legal remedy to redress his alleged harm and that (2) what he seeks to compel is a ministerial act, not involving a discretionary or judicial decision. State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Jud. Dist. Ct. of App., 236 S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex. Crim. App. 2007) (orig. proceeding). The relator also must provide the court with a record sufficient to establish his right to mandamus relief. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(k), 52.7(a). Relator has not established his right to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny the relief requested.
DAVID J. SCHENCK JUSTICE
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Docket No: No. 05-17-00132-CV, No. 05-17-00133-CV
Decided: February 09, 2017
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.
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