MEMORANDUM OPINION
No. 04-12-00658-CR
IN RE Darrell Eugene BATES
Original Mandamus Proceeding 1
PER CURIAM
Sitting: Catherine Stone, Chief Justice
Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice
Steven C. Hilbig, Justice
Delivered and Filed: October 31, 2012
PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DENIED
On October 11, 2012, Relator Darrell Eugene Bates filed a petition for writ of mandamus,
complaining the trial court failed to grant his requested motion for expunction. However, the
relator bears the burden of providing this court with a record sufficient to establish his right to
mandamus relief and the relator has failed to provide copies of the documents he filed before the
trial court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.7(a) (“Relator must file with the petition [ ] a certified or
sworn copy of every document that is material to the relator’s claim for relief and that was filed
in any underlying proceeding”); see also TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(k)(1)(A); Walker v. Packer, 827
S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). Relator has failed to provide this court with a
record establishing his right to mandamus relief and we therefore conclude that he has not shown
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This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 2011CR1251W, styled State of Texas v. Darrell Eugene Baker, pending in
the 290th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas, the Honorable Melisa Skinner presiding.
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himself entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, relator’s petition for writ of mandamus is
DENIED. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).
PER CURIAM
DO NOT PUBLISH
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