Order filed October 13, 2011

                                                                       In The

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

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                                               No. 11-11-00265-CR

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                                IN RE RICHARD NORMAN LONG

                                         Original Mandamus Proceeding

O R D E R

Relator, Richard Norman Long, has brought a mandamus action against the Honorable Mark Owens, Judge of the County Court at Law No. 2 of Ector County, Texas, seeking an order from this court ordering Judge Owens to dispose of relator’s application for writ of habeas corpus.  It does not appear that relator served a copy of the application for writ of mandamus on the real party in interest, the State of Texas.  The clerk of this court is forwarding a copy of the application to the real party in interest, the State of Texas, acting by and through the County Attorney of Ector County, Texas.

The real party in interest, the State of Texas, acting by and through the County Attorney of Ector County, Texas, is requested to file a response to relator’s application for writ of mandamus with our court on or before November 14, 2011.  In the interim, if this court receives notice that relator’s application for writ of habeas corpus has been finally disposed of by the

county court, we will deny the application for writ of mandamus as being moot because the relief requested by relator will have already occurred.

                                                                                    PER CURIAM

October 13, 2011

Do not publish.  See Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b).

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Kalenak, J.