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                                           COURT OF APPEALS
CHIEF JUSTICE                            -  ·"
                                                                                                 CLERK·'
 Ann Crawford McClure                   E)GHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS                                  Denis~ Pacheco
JUSTICES                                                 EL PASO COUNTY COURTHOUS.E ·•.
 Yvonne T. Rodriguez                                 500 E. SAN ANTONIO AVE., SUITE 1203
 Steven L. Hughes                                         EL PASO, TEXAS 79901-2408
                                                      (915) 546-2240 FAX (915) 546-2252
                                                       WWW.TXCOURTS.GOV/8THCOA.ASPX


                                                     Friday, December 11, 2015

         The Honorable Yvonne Rangel                               ~eSweed
         Judge, 171 st District Court                                  ID # 1967298
         500 E. San Antonio                                            Travis State Jail
         El Paso, TX 79901                                             8101 FM 969
         * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL *                                      Austin, TX 78724

         Hon. Jaime E. Esparza
         District Attorney
         El Paso County Courthouse
         500 E. San Antonio, Suite 201
         El Paso, TX ]990 1
         * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL                  *
         RE:           Court of Appeal_s Number:-      08-15-00341-CR
                       Trial Court Case Number:        69262                                      .... ·•


         Style: In Re: Jimmy Lee Sweed


                 The Honorable Court of Appeals today rendered its opinion denying Relator's petition for
         writ of mandamus, in accordance with the.opinion ofthis Court. (OPINION AND JUDGMENT
         ENCLOSED).

                                                                         Respectfully yours,

                                                                         DENISE PACHECO, CLERK


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                                   COURT OF APPEALS
                                EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                     EL PASO, TEXAS

                                                 §                 No. 08-15-00341-CR
fN RE: JIMMY LEE SWEED,
                                                 §             ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                  Relator.
                                                 §            ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF

                                                 §                    MANDAMUS

                                       JUDGMENT

       The Court has considered this cause on the Relator's petition for writ of mandamus

against the Honorable Bonnie Rangel, Judge of the 171st District Court of El Paso County,

Texas, and concludes that Relator's petition for writ of mandamus should be denied.           We

therefore deny the petition for writ of1mandamus, in accordance with the opinion of this Court.

       IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 11TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2015.


                                             STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.
                                   COURT OF APPEALS
                                EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
                                     EL PASO, TEXAS

                                                 §                 No. 08-15-00341-CR
lN RE: JIMMY LEE SWEED,
                                                 §             ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                  Relator.
                                                 §            ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF

                                                 §                    MANDAMUS

                                 MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Relator, Jimmy Lee Sweed, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus against the

Honorable Bonnie Rangel, Judge of the 171 st District Court of El Paso County, Texas, alleging

that Respondent has not ruled on a post-conviction motion filed in cause number 69262: We

deny mandamus relief.

       To be entitled to mandamus relief, a relator must meet two requirements.           First, the

relator must show that the trial court clearly abused its discretion .. In re Prudential Insurance

Compan'y ofAmerica, 148 S.W.3d 124, 135 (Tex. 2004).        Se~ond~the   relator must   d~monstrate


that there is no adequate remedy by appeal. !d. at 135-36. Mandamus may issue to compel a

trial court to rule on a motion which has been pending before the court for a reasonable period of

time. See In re Shredder Co., 225 S.W.3d 676, 679 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2006, orig. proceeding);

In re Hearn, 137 S.W.3d 681, 685 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 2004, orig. proceeding); In re

Chavez, 62 S.W.3d 225,228 (Tex.App.--Amarillo 2001, orig. proceeding). To obtain mandamus

relief for such refusal, a relator must establish: (1) the motion was properly filed and has been
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pending for a reasonable time; (2) the relator requested a ruling on the motion; and (3) the trial

court refused to rule. See Shredder Co., 225 S.W.3d at 679; Hearn, 137 S.W.3d at 685; Chavez,

62 S.W.3d at 228.     Relator has failed to establish that he is entitled to mandamus relief.

Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.



                                             STEVEN L. HUGHES, Justice
December 11, 2015

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.

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