in Re William Lang ( 2020 )

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed
January 14, 2020.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-19-00961-CV
IN RE WILLIAM LANG, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
164th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2015-49789
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On December 4, 2019, relator William Lang filed a petition for writ of
mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App.
P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Alexandra
Smoots-Thomas,1 judge of the 257th District Court of Harris County, to vacate her
January 28, 2019 order striking the counter-affidavits of relator’s expert, Michelle
Castro, CPC, CMC. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 18.001.
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The Office of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct suspended Judge Smoots-
Thomas from office on November 12, 2019. .
Relator has not established that he is entitled to mandamus relief. Therefore,
we deny the petition for mandamus.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Christopher and Bourliot.
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