COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § § IN RE: ERIC FLORES, No. 08-09-00303-CR § AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING Relator. § IN MANDAMUS § § MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS Relator, Eric Flores, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the El Paso County Sheriff, “discharge the [Relator] from illegal confinement.”

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 ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Rivera, JJ. (Do Not Publish)