Ex Parte Hawkins

OPINION DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

This is an original proceeding wherein Relator, Allan Hawkins, seeks habeas corpus relief from a contempt judgment assessing a fine of $500 and from a writ of commitment ordering Relator incarcerated due to his refusal to pay that fine. We dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.

The judgment of contempt recites that Relator, an attorney, was appointed by the Honorable Dean Rucker to represent an indigent defendant in a criminal proceeding. 1 The judgment also recites that Relator was duly notified by Judge Rucker of a trial setting on…