NUMBER 13-08-00450-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
IN RE DONALD WAYNE THIELEMAN
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela
Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion1
Relator, Donald Wayne Thieleman, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the
above cause on July 25, 2008. This petition for writ of mandamus was originally filed in
this Court as a criminal, rather than civil, cause. Based on recent analysis from the Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals, however, we will transfer this matter to our civil cause number
13-08-00631-CV, and will consider it therein. See In re Johnson, No. AP-75,898, slip. op.
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See T EX . R. A PP . P. 52.8(d) (“W hen denying relief, the court m ay hand down an opinion but is not
required to do so.”); T EX . R. A PP . P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and m em orandum opinions).
¶ 22 (Tex. Crim. App. Oct. 29, 2008) (orig. proceeding), available at
http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/OPINIONS/HTMLOPINIONINFO.ASP?OPINIONID=17
534. Therefore, this criminal cause is hereby DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish. See TEX . R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed
this 12th day of November, 2008.
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