Dismiss and Opinion Filed September 22, 2015
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-01111-CV
IN RE BABU S. KALLUVILAYIL, Relator
Original Proceeding from the Criminal District Court No. 1
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F-9100956-H
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang-Miers, Stoddart, and Whitehill
Opinion by Justice Whitehill
Relator filed this petition for writ of mandamus requesting that the Court order the district
clerk to transmit his notice of appeal to this Court. The Court has now received the notice of
appeal, which has been assigned cause number 05-15-01140-CR. Accordingly, relator’s petition
for writ of mandamus is moot. 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.”); State Bar of Tex. v. Gomez, 891 S.W.2d 243,
245 (Tex. 1994) (orig. proceeding) (controversy is justiciable if there is real controversy between
the parties that will be actually resolved by judicial relief sought); Dow Chem. Co. v. Garcia, 909
S.W.2d 503, 505 (Tex. 1995) (orig. proceeding) (court will not issue mandamus if it would be
useless or unavailing).
We dismiss the petition.
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BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
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