COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

           Relator, Tenet Hospitals Limited d/b/a Sierra Medical Center, asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus against Respondent, the Honorable Linda Chew, Judge of the 327th District Court of El Paso County. Relator has also filed a motion for emergency relief. The petition for writ of mandamus and motion for emergency relief are denied. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.7(a), 52.8(a). Our denial of the petition shall not be construed as a ruling on the merits of the underlying case.

                                                                  RICHARD BARAJAS, Chief Justice

March 10, 2005

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.

Chew, J., not participating