The opinion
Opinion issued February 5, 2026
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00017-CV
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IN RE ALMA BANKS-BROWN, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Alma Banks-Brown, proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of
Mandamus requesting this Court to “issue a writ of mandamus compelling the
[c]ourt [r]eporters to immediately prepare and file the [r]eporter’s [r]ecord without
prepayment of costs” and “abate all appellate deadlines until the record is filed” in
case pending in this Court, Alma Banks-Brown v. Sherry Faulkner Martin, 01-25-
00159-CV.1 Relator also filed a motion for temporary relief seeking to “temporarily
abate the appeal until the record is filed.”
We deny the Petition for Writ of Mandamus. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). Relator’s
motion for temporary relief and any other pending motions are denied as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Rivas-Molloy, Guiney, and Morgan.
1
The underlying case is In the Estate of Audrey Banks, Cause No. 470699, pending
in the Probate Court No. 1 of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Jerry Simoneaux
presiding.
2