# In Re Alma Banks-Brown v. the State of Texas

> Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston) · February 5, 2026

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11261343

## Case

- **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
- **Decided:** February 5, 2026
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Nature of suit:** Mandamus
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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

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