In re Texas Board of Pardons & Paroles

OPINION

Tracy Christopher, Justice

On March 18, 2016, relator Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles (the Board) filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004); see also Tex.R.App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Michael Schneider, presiding judge of the 315th Juvenile Court of Harris County, to vacate the “Order on *557Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus” he signed on February 4, 2016.

We conditionally grant the petition for writ of mandamus.

I. BACKGROUND

The real party-in-interest is Z.Q. When Z.Q. was a…