State ex rel. Holmes v. Kolenda

OPINION

Relator, the State of Texas ex rel. John B. Holmes, Jr., District Attorney for Harris County, Texas, asks this Court to order respondent, the Honorable Johnny Kolen-da, Judge of the 337th District Court, to vacate his order instructing the District Clerk of Harris County, Ray Hardy, to strike relator’s notice of appeal in two cases and further ordering respondent Hardy not to forward the record of these cases.

After this Court granted relator’s motion for leave, both respondents and both real parties in interest filed responses to relator’s petition for writ of mandamus.

This Court has…