Ex parte Lopez

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

This is an original petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petition alleges that relator, Cesar Romeo Lopez, is unlawfully restrained of his liberty by virtue of a void contempt order rendered by the 49th District Court of Webb County, Texas. The petition was originally filed on January 24, 1984, without an accompanying proof of relator’s restraint. We denied the application until we were furnished with proof of restraint. TEX.R.CIV.P. 383a(2)(f).

Relator responded with a certified copy of a writ of commitment with the Officer’s Return filled in. Attached…