Texas Employment Commission v. Alvarez

OPINION

FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., Justice.

This original mandamus proceeding presents two issues: 1) whether an assigned judge is disqualified by an objection that was not presented to the judge and does not name the judge, and 2) the effect of a sanctions order signed over one year after the assigned judge purported to dispose of the case. Because we hold that the assigned judge was not disqualified from presiding over the case, we conditionally grant a writ of mandamus directing Judge Micaela Alvarez to vacate her sanctions order.

The real party in interest, Maricela Gal-van, brought the…