NUMBER 13-14-00328-CR
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
IN RE GREGORY B. SHANKS
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus and
Petition for Writ of Prohibition.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Perkes and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
Relator, Gregory B. Shanks, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of
mandamus through which he seeks to compel the trial court to issue rulings on several
pending motions and to proceed with a speedy trial in cause number 17978 in the 329th
Judicial District Court of Wharton County, Texas. Relator asserts that he has filed
several motions, including motions for the appointment of counsel and motions for speedy
trial, but the motions have not been timely ruled upon.
The Court requests the real party in interest, the State of Texas, acting by and
through the District Attorney for Wharton County, Texas, to file a response to the petition
for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from today’s date. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 52.8(b).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
Delivered and filed the
2nd day of July, 2014.
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