COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-10-048-CV

IN RE JOE SHANNON, JR.,                                                       RELATOR

CRIMINAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY,

TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS

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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 motion for temporary stay and is of the opinion that relief should be denied.  Accordingly, relator=s petition for writ of mandamus and motion for temporary stay are denied.

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

PER CURIAM

PANEL:  LIVINGSTON, GARDNER, and WALKER, JJ.

DELIVERED:  March 2, 2010