In Re: Rosa Serrano, Individually Appeal from County Court at Law No 7 of El Paso County (memorandum opinion)
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COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § IN RE: No. 08-17-00044-CV § ROSA SERRANO, AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING § Relator. IN HABEAS CORPUS § MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Rosa Serrano, has filed a habeas corpus petition challenging contempt orders entered by the Honorable Virgil Mulanax, Presiding Judge of the County Court at Law No. 7 of El Paso County, Texas. Relator also requests that we enter an order reducing her bond. We deny the petition for writ of habeas corpus and the request to set or reduce bond. A relator is entitled to habeas corpus relief if he establishes he was deprived of liberty without due process of law, or if the appellate court concludes the judgment ordering confinement is void. See In re Henry, 154 S.W.3d 594, 596 (Tex. 2005); In re Alexander, 243 S.W.3d 822, 824 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 2007, orig. proceeding). The purpose of a habeas corpus proceeding is not to determine the relator’s guilt or innocence, but to ascertain if the relator has been unlawfully confined. Ex parte Gordon, 584 S.W.2d 686, 688 (Tex. 1979); Alexander, 243 S.W.3d at 827. Based on the record before us, we conclude that Relator has failed to establish she is entitled to habeas corpus relief. The petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice March 8, 2017 Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Palafox, JJ.
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