COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-08-036-CV

IN RE WILLIAM TRANTHAM                                                     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 relief should be denied.  Accordingly, relator=s petition for writ of mandamus is denied.

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

PER CURIAM

PANEL B:  DAUPHINOT, LIVINGSTON, and HOLMAN, JJ.

DELIVERED:  February 1, 2008