in Re Fabian Arguijo, Relator ( 2022 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-22-00367-CR
IN RE FABIAN ARGUIJO, RELATOR
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
December 21, 2022
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.
Relator, Fabian Arguijo, a prison inmate appearing pro se and in forma pauperis,
has filed a petition requesting our writ of mandamus issue against the Honorable Roland
D. Saul, Judge of the 222nd District Court of Deaf Smith County, Texas. Relator desires
an order compelling Respondent to rule on a motion for judgment nunc pro tunc seeking
“jail time credits” and to relieve Relator from any obligation to repay court-appointed
attorney’s fees of $16,000.1 According to Relator, “thirty working days” have passed but
Respondent has taken no action on Relator’s motion.
1 Concerning the attorney fee allegation, Relator has not supplied the trial court cause number of
the case for which he seeks relief from such fees. However, in his direct appeal in Arguijo v. State, No. 07-
17-00240-CR, 2018 Tex. App. LEXIS 8153, at *7–8 (Tex. App.—Amarillo Oct. 5, 2018, pet. ref’d) (mem.
op., not designated for publication) this Court modified a judgment against Relator by removing assessed
attorney’s fees of $15,263.94.
For numerous reasons we deny Relator’s request for mandamus relief. The
petition does not include the certification required by Rule 52.3(j), nor sworn portions of
the relevant record, as required in Rules 52.3(k) and 52.7(a). TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(j),(k);
52.7(a). Relator’s complaint that he cannot comply with the requirements for a record
because he possesses no order denying his motion in the district court fails to account
for the other documents that are necessary for our review in this original proceeding.
Absent documentary proof in the record, we do not take Relator’s alleged facts as true
simply because he says they occurred.
Moreover, a trial court has no legal duty to perform a nondiscretionary act that is
never called to its attention. In re Chavez, 62 S.W.3d 225, 228 (Tex. App.—Amarillo
2001, orig. proceeding); In re Metoyer, No. 07-07-00506-CR, 2008 Tex. App. Lexis 243,
at *4 n.2, (Tex. App.—Amarillo Jan. 14, 2008, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated
for publication). Merely filing a motion with the clerk does not prove it was brought to the
attention of the trial court. Id. We have no record evidence that Relator’s motion was
ever received by the district court. Further, Relator fails to show how the trial court’s
failure to rule on his motion within “thirty working days” constitutes an unreasonable delay.
See Chavez, 62 S.W.3d at 228.
Based on Relator’s petition it is not possible to conclude Respondent clearly
abused his discretion. We therefore deny Relator’s petition.
Per Curiam
Do not publish.
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