TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-16-00717-CV
In re Ardell Nelson, Jr.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Ardell Nelson, Jr., an inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for
writ of mandamus, asking this Court to direct the district court to rule on a motion that he claims to
have filed in the court below. However, Nelson has failed to provide this Court with a copy of the
motion, any correspondence to the district court requesting a ruling on that motion, or any other
documentation indicating that the motion was properly filed in the district court below and that
the district court failed to rule on the motion within a reasonable time. On this record, we cannot
conclude that Nelson is entitled to the extraordinary relief requested.1 Accordingly, the petition for
writ of mandamus is denied.2
1
See State ex rel. Curry v. Gray, 726 S.W.2d 125, 128 (Tex. Crim. App. 1987); In re Keeter,
134 S.W.3d 250, 252 (Tex. App.—Waco 2003, orig. proceeding); In re Villarreal, 96 S.W.3d
708, 710 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2003, orig. proceeding); Ex parte Bates, 65 S.W.3d 133, 135
(Tex. App.—Amarillo 2001, orig. proceeding) see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.7(a)(1) (relator must file
with 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”).
2
See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8.
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Bob Pemberton, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Field
Filed: November 4, 2016
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