in Re Jimmy Ray Sepeda and Hortencia Sepeda ( 2020 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-19-00616-CV
In re Jimmy Ray Sepeda and Hortencia Sepeda
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BASTROP COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relators Jimmy Ray and Hortencia Sepeda, appearing pro se,1 seek a writ of
mandamus ordering a Bastrop County district court to withdraw a writ of possession and to
“restore the Sepedas to the possession” of certain property sold by the Bastrop County Sheriff in
July of 2019. Based on the record before us, we deny the requested relief. See Walker v. Packer,
827 S.W.2d 833, 837 (Tex. 1992) (explaining relator has burden to provide court with record
sufficient to establish right to mandamus relief); Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(h) (requiring appropriate
citations to authorities and the record), 52.7(a)(1) (requiring “a certified or sworn copy of
every document that is material to the relator’s claim for relief and that was filed in any
underlying proceeding”).
1 We hold pro se litigants to the same standard as those represented by counsel. United
Copper Indus., Inc. v. Grissom, 17 S.W.3d 797, 805 n.6 (Tex. App.—Austin 2000, pet. dism’d).
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Edward Smith, Justice
Before Justices Goodwin, Kelly, and Smith
Filed: March 18, 2020
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