in Re Thomas Allen Simon

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-16-00090-CV In re Thomas Allen Simon ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BURNET COUNTY MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Thomas Allen Simon, who faces pending criminal charges, seeks mandamus relief to compel disqualification of the entire office of the district attorney who represents the State. We will deny the petition. BACKGROUND Simon has been charged by indictment in Burnet County with the offenses of sexual assault and aggravated assault. This mandamus proceeding, however, centers instead on a somewhat unusual series of preliminary procedural…