Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Opinion filed December 12, 2002.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-02-01249-CV

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IN RE JOHN PATRICK FORWARD, Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

O P I N I O N

On December 3, 2002, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court, seeking to compel the Hon. Mark Kent Ellis, Judge of the 351st District Court of Harris County, to rule on a pending post-conviction motion for recusal.  See Tex. Gov=t. Code Ann. ' 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.

We deny relator=s petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Petition Denied and Opinion filed December 12, 2002.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Hudson and Fowler.

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