COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-06-408-CV

IN RE RICKY ALLEN CARTER                                                    RELATOR

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                                    ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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                                MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1]

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The court has considered relator's petition for writ of mandamus and is of the opinion that it should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  Accordingly, relator's petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

Relator shall pay all costs of this original proceeding, for which let execution issue.

PER CURIAM

PANEL A:  LIVINGSTON, GARDNER, and MCCOY, JJ.

DELIVERED: November 10, 2006