In re Office of the Attorney General of Texas Appeal from 318th District Court of Midland County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Opinion filed December 5, 2019 In The Eleventh Court of Appeals ___________ No. 11-19-00376-CV ___________ IN RE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS Original Mandamus Proceeding MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, the Office of the Attorney General of Texas (the OAG), filed this original petition for writ of mandamus in which it requests that we instruct the Honorable David W. Lindemood, Presiding Judge of the 318th District Court of Midland County, to vacate an order entered on October 25, 2019, in Cause No. FM65190. Relator also filed a motion in which it requested that we issue a temporary stay of the trial court’s order. Mandamus is warranted only when the trial court clearly abused its discretion and there is no adequate remedy by appeal. In re N. Cypress Med. Ctr. Operating Co., 559 S.W.3d 128, 130 (Tex. 2018) (orig. proceeding). As the party seeking relief, the OAG has the burden to provide this court with a sufficient mandamus record to establish a right to the requested relief. See Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding); see also TEX. R. APP. P. 52.7(a). From the record that has been presented, we are unable to determine that the OAG is entitled to the mandamus relief that it seeks. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. Because we have denied the petition for writ of mandamus, the OAG’s request for a temporary stay of the trial court’s order is moot. PER CURIAM December 5, 2019 Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J., Stretcher, J., and Wright, S.C.J.1 Willson, J., not participating. 1 Jim R. Wright, Senior Chief Justice (Retired), Court of Appeals, 11th District of Texas at Eastland, sitting by assignment. 2

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