DENY and Opinion Filed March 25, 2022
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-22-00100-CV
IN RE ELDA TELLE , ELAINE BOSCH, CAITLIN DICKEY AND
CHICAGO TITLE OF TEXAS, LLC, Relators
Original Proceeding from the 471st Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 471-01185-2021
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Osborne, Partida-Kipness, and Smith
Opinion by Justice Smith
Before the Court is relators’ March 9, 2022 petition for writ of mandamus.
After reviewing relators’ petition, we find that relators have failed to fully
comply with Rule 52 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 52. Relators failed to certify that relators have reviewed the petition and
concluded every factual statement in petition is supported by competent evidence
included in the appendix or record, as required by Texas Rule of Appellate
Procedure Rule 52.3(j). See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(j). In a footnote within the
petition’s statement of facts, relators state an attempt was made “to relate only
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facts supported by evidence in the record, and not assertions, characterizations, or
rhetoric bandied about in pleadings or motion papers in the case.” Neither the
statement nor the attempt satisfy the stringent requirements of Rule 52.3(j).
Because we conclude the contents of relators’ petition is not certified as
required by the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we deny the petition for writ
of mandamus. See In re Butler, 270 S.W.3d 757, 759 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008,
orig. proceeding). Such denial is without prejudice to relators’ refiling a petition
compliant with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 52.
/Craig Smith/
CRAIG SMITH
JUSTICE
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