In re Patrick Earl Tarkington Appeal from 207th District Court of Comal County (memorandum opinion)

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-21-00361-CV In re Patrick Earl Tarkington ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM COMAL COUNTY MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator has filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining of the trial court’s failure to grant his trial attorney’s motion to withdraw. This Court subsequently received a copy of the trial court's docket sheet, indicating that the motion to withdraw has been granted. See In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005) (orig. proceeding) (“A case becomes moot if a controversy ceases to exist between the parties at any stage of the legal proceedings ....”). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot. __________________________________________ Edward Smith, Justice Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Smith Filed: September 23, 2021

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