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in Re Demetria Smith

in Re Demetria Smith
Court of Appeals of Texas · Decided June 23, 2016 · No. 01-16-00451-CV
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in Re Demetria Smith

Opinion

Opinion issued June 23, 2016

In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-16-00451-CV ——————————— IN RE DEMETRIA SMITH, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Demetria Smith, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking relief from the denial of her oral motion to disqualify the Honorable Robert Kern as the special judge assigned to preside over her election contest and requesting his disqualification and the assignment of another judge to preside in the trial court proceeding.1 We deny the petition.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Jennings and Lloyd.

1 The underlying case is Demetria Smith v. Harris County Democratic Party, Harris County Clerk’s Office, Harris County Judge, State Representative 149 Hubert Vo, Stan Stanart County Clerk, Sonya Aston, and Lane Lewis, No. 2016-17400, in the 125th District Court of Harris County Texas, the Honorable Robert Kern presiding.

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