in Re: Steve Thomas

Opinion issued December 19, 2002















In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-02-01276-CV

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IN RE STEVE THOMAS, Relator




Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus




O P I N I O N

Relator, Steve Thomas, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining that an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division has denied him access to certain documents, which are or allegedly should be contained in the prison law library, and complaining that the trial court (1) has allegedly refused to file his application for writ of mandamus.

We deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Nuchia, Jennings, and Radack.

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.

1. Identified in the petition only as the judge of the 278th District Court of Walker County. The underlying proceeding is apparently styled

Steve Thomas v. Frank Hoke Access to Courts.