COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-08-018-CV

IN RE JAVIER CERDA, CULLEN COX                                       RELATORS

AND RICKEY TURNER

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                                    ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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                                MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1]

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The court has considered Relators= Petition for Writ of Mandamus and is of the opinion that the petition should be dismissed because Relators have no standing to challenge Real Party in Interest Wendy Davis= eligibility to seek the nomination of the Democratic Party for State Senator of Texas, Senate District 10.  E.g., Brown v. Todd, 53 S.W.3d 297, 302-05 (Tex. 2001); Holland v. Taylor, 153 Tex. 433, 435-36, 270 S.W.2d 219, 220-21 (1954); Yett v. Cook, 115 Tex. 205, 217-20, 281 S.W. 837, 841-42 (1926).   

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

PER CURIAM

PANEL  A:  CAYCE, C.J.; HOLMAN and WALKER, JJ.

DELIVERED:  January 23, 2008