COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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' No. 08-15-00269-CV
IN RE: ROSA SERRANO,
' AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
Relator.
' ON PETITION FOR WRIT
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OF HABEAS CORPUS
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OPINION
Relator, Rosa Serrano, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking relief from a
contempt order entered by the Honorable Virgil Mulanax, Presiding Judge of the County Court
at Law No. 7 of El Paso County, Texas. We deny the relief sought in the habeas corpus petition.
Relator’s habeas corpus petition is defective because it is not certified as required by
TEX.R.APP.P. 52.3(j). Further, Relator has failed to satisfy her burden of providing this Court
with a record sufficient to establish her right to habeas corpus relief. According to the petition,
Judge Mulanax entered an order holding Relator in contempt and ordering her confined in the El
Paso County Jail. A party who files a petition for writ of habeas corpus in a court of appeals is
required to include with the petition an appendix containing a certified or sworn copy of any
order complained of and proof that the relator is restrained. TEX.R.APP.P. 52.3(k)(1)(A), (D).
While Relator’s petition includes an appendix, she has not provided the Court with a certified or
sworn copy of the contempt order and she has not provided any proof that she is confined in the
El Paso County Jail. Additionally, Relator has not filed a reporter’s record of the contempt
hearing. See TEX.R.APP.P. 52.7(a). Accordingly, we deny Relator’s petition for writ of habeas
corpus.
August 19, 2015
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.
(Hughes, J., not participating)
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