In Re: Blake Joel Robbins v. the State of Texas ( 2024 )

DENIED and Opinion Filed February 23, 2024
In the
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-24-00156-CV
IN RE BLAKE JOEL ROBBINS, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 302nd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-21-18201
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Molberg, Carlyle, and Breedlove
Opinion by Justice Carlyle
Before the Court are relator’s February 13, 2024 petition for writ of
mandamus and emergency motion for temporary relief. In his petition, relator
challenges a portion of a trial court’s order granting a motion to compel discovery
that overrules his assertions of privilege and compels him to produce documents
responsive to a single request for production, which relator describes as calling for
documents that are federally protected from disclosure. In his emergency motion,
relator seeks to stay that portion of the order pending our action on the petition .
Entitlement to mandamus relief requires a relator to show that the trial court
clearly abused its discretion and that the relator lacks an adequate appellate remedy.
In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig.
proceeding). After reviewing relator’s petition and the record before us, we conclude
that relator has failed to demonstrate entitlement to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. We also deny
relator’s emergency motion for temporary relief as moot.
/Cory L. Carlyle//
240156f.p05 CORY L. CARLYLE
JUSTICE
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