COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

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                                                                              )                No.  08-05-00060-CV

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IN RE:  EDWARD O. BUFKIN, JR.                    )        AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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                                                                              )                 IN MANDAMUS

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OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Relator, Edward O. Bufkin, Jr., asks this Court to issue a writ of mandamus against Respondent, the Honorable Marilea Lewis, Judge of the 330th District Court of Dallas County.  Relator also seeks an order staying proceedings in the underlying case.  The motion for emergency relief and the petition for writ of mandamus 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.

February 10, 2005

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

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