In Re Sandra Ramirez v. the State of Texas

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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No. 08-25-00249-CV
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In re Sandra Ramirez, Relator

AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS

M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N
Relator, Sandra Ramirez, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting that we

order the Respondent, the Honorable Ben L. Ivey III, to vacate the trial court’s October 9, 2025

order granting the real party in interest’s motion to transfer venue of the underlying proceeding

from El Paso County to Kaufman County. We deny the petition.

Under the rules of appellate procedure, the person filing a mandamus petition “must certify

that he or she has reviewed the petition and concluded that every factual statement in the petition

is supported by competent evidence included in the appendix or record.” Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(j).

In addition, a relator must attach “a certified or sworn copy of any order complained of, or any

other document showing the matter complained of,” and “a certified or sworn copy of every

document that is material to the relator’s claim for relief.” Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(k)(1)(B), 52.7(a)(1);
see Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992) (“As the parties seeking relief, the Walkers

had the burden of providing this Court with a sufficient record to establish their right to mandamus

relief.”).

Here, Relator’s petition lacks the certification required by Rule 52.3(j). Moreover, the

mandamus record does not contain certified or sworn copies of the required documents. We

therefore conclude, based on the petition and mandamus record before us, that Relator is not

entitled to relief. See In re XPO Logistics Freight, Inc., No. 08-25-00184-CV, 2025 WL 2005016,

at *1 (Tex. App.—El Paso July 17, 2025, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); In re Hernandez, No. 08-

23-00160-CV, 2023 WL 4146281, at *1 (Tex. App.—El Paso June 23, 2023, orig. proceeding)

(mem. op.); In re Padilla, No. 05-6-01383-CV, 2016 WL 7163976, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Dec.

5, 2016, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); In re Vasquez, No. 08-12-00267-CV, 2012 WL 4714492, at

*1 (Tex. App.—El Paso Oct. 3, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).

Accordingly, we DENY the petition. We dismiss the emergency motion as moot.

MARIA SALAS MENDOZA, Chief Justice

October 20, 2025

Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.

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