OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Relator, Alejandro Salazar, asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus against Respondent, the Honorable Patricia Macias, Judge of the 388th District Court of El Paso County. The petition for writ of mandamus is denied. See Tex.R.App. P. 52.7(a), 52.8(a); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 840 (Tex. 1992)(orig.proceed-ing). Our denial of the petition shall not be construed as a ruling on the merits of the underlying case.