In re Sabian A. Alexander

Summary

The Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, treated Sabian A. Alexander’s ambiguously captioned submission as a petition for writ of mandamus and denied it. The court held that Alexander failed to identify the precise relief and proper respondent and failed to provide a record or certified or sworn copies of materials necessary to establish entitlement to mandamus relief.

Holdings

1. The court treated Alexander's ambiguously captioned appellate submission as a petition for writ of mandamus.
2. A mandamus relator must properly request the relief sought and provide a record sufficient to establish entitlement to mandamus relief; failure to provide any record supports denial of the petition.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Alexander's ambiguously captioned appellate submission should be treated as a petition for writ of mandamus.
2. Whether Alexander established entitlement to mandamus relief despite failing to identify the requested relief and respondents clearly and failing to provide a sufficient record or supporting documents.

Disposition

writ_denied