This is an original application for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the applicant is being detained illegally pursuant to a contempt order for the failure to make payments to offset the cost of legal services. ⁽¹⁾ However, the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure mandate that "[a] motion for leave to file must accompany an original petition for writ of habeas corpus[.]" ⁽²⁾ The applicant has filed no such motion with his application. For this reason I agree that the proper course is for the Court to deny the applicant leave to file.

Filed: May 6, 2009

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1. Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.05(g).

2. Tex.R.App.P. 72.1.