Curry v. Ater

OPINION

MILLER, Judge.

This is an original mandamus action brought by relator, Charles Nance Curry, seeking the issuance of a writ of mandamus to compel Judge Gene Ater, Judge of the 70th Judicial District Court of Ector County, to grant a motion for legislative continuance filed by one of relator’s attorneys, State Senator Craig Washington. The continuance is sought in an extradition proceeding pending in the 70th Judicial District Court, wherein the sovereign state of Virginia seeks Curry’s extradition to that state to answer felony theft charges lodged against him there.

Pursuant to the…