COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

            Relator, Javier Flores, Jr., seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the El Paso County Sheriff “to immediate [sic] release the relator for [sic] custody with sufficient authority by the issuance of said mandate.”

            This Court does not have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus the Respondent in this case. See Tex.Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(b)(Vernon 2004). Therefore, mandamus relief is denied. We therefore deny Relator’s request.

January 20, 2010

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Chief Justice

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

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