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tr OCT 23 2015 ~ IN THE COURT OF APPEALS SEVENTH COURT Of APPEt'ILS VIVIAN LONG, CLERK SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AMARILLO, TEXAS IN RE § § DONALD AEKINS § RELATOR REPLY TO STATE'S RESPONSE OF RELATOR'S PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS: COMES NOW, Donald Aekins, relator pro se and files his reply to the State's response to his petition for writ of mandamus, in accordance with Tex.R.App.P. 52.5.
The State submitted their response on August 17, 2015. Aekins was never provided a copy of their response until October 15, 2015; courtesy of the Seventh Court of Appeals. 1. On July 22, 2015, Aekins filed a petition for writ of man- damus seeking relief against Judge Brenda Kennedy of the 403rd District Court for, failure to rule or set for hearing Aekins' pending motions:
a) Motion to Supplement Appellant Record b) Motion for Free Appellate Record; and c) Motion for Appointment of Counsel on Appeal.
2. The Court requested the State include whether the Court has jurisdiction to address Aekins' mandamus petition. Within this argument, Aekins contends that:
a) due to the trial court's failure to rule on these motions; b) the dependency of his DNA appeal on these motions; and c) the fact that theA Texas Supreme Court has already assign ed the Court to th~DN~ppeal, Aekins accordingly filed this mandamus petition ~ith the Court.
Page 1 of 3 *3 3 . T h e S t a t e a ll e g e s t h a t , A e k i n s h a s no t f il e d w it h t h e p e titi on a ce r ti f i ca t e o r s w o r n do c u m e n t s m a t e r i a l t o h i s c l a i m f o r r e li e f . W h e r e i n f ac t , A e k i n s w ill s ho w t h a t a " C e r ti f i ca t e o f S e r v i ce " i n acc o r d s w it h T e x . R . A pp . P . 9 . 5 ( d ) , ( e ) , a n " I n m a t e U n s w o r n D ec l a r- a ti on " i n acc o r d s w it h T e x . C i v il P r ac ti ce s & R e m e d i e s C od e 132 . 001 - 132 . 003 , a nd a c ov e r- l e tt e r r e qu e s ti ng a r u li ng w e r e f il e d w it h eac h m o ti on . S ee ( m a nd a m u s a pp e nd i ce s - 1 ( b ) , 2 ( b ) , 3 ( b )) ; ( C l e r k [1] s a nd A pp e ll a t e R ec o r d ) . T hu s , A e k i n s d i d f u l f ill t h e r e qu i r e m e n t s o f T e x . R . A pp . P . 52 . 7 ( a ) ( 1 ) w h i c h s t a t e i n p a r t; " R e l a t o r m u s t f il e w it h t h e p e t i t i on a ce r ti f i e d o r s w o r n c opy o f e v e r y do c u m e n t . . . " . A e k i n s ce r ti f i ca t e s acc o m p a ny i ng h i s m o ti on s a nd p e titi on a r e m u c h t h e s a m e a s t h e " C e r ti f i ca t e s o f S e r v i ce '' t h e S t a t e u s e d i n it s R e s pon s e ; w h i c h a l s o i s w it hou t a " S w o r n D ec l a r a ti on " . 4 . T h e S t a t e a l s o c l a i m s t h a t , A e k i n s f a il e d t o s ho w t h a t h e m a d e a d e m a nd f o r p e rf o r m a n ce a nd t h a t t h e t r i a l c ou r t r e f u s e d s u c h a r e qu e s t . A e k i n s h a s m e t t h e s e p r e r e qu i s it e s o f e n titl e m e n t . S ee ( m a nd a m u s p e titi on , pg 4 - 6 ) ; s ee I n r e A e k i n s ( C OA N o . 03 - 15 - 00004 - C V , O p i n i on pg 3 ) ; s ee a l s o ( E xh i b it 1 - l e tt e r r e qu e s ti ng I n A r a n d a v D i s t C l e r k t h e C ou r t h e l d , " F a il u r e t o r u l e r u li ng ) ; i s r e f u s a l . " . I d 207 S W 3d 785 ( T x C r A pp ) . * S p ec i a l N o t e - A e k i n s ca n no t b e f a u lt e d f o r t h e T r a v i s C oun t y D i s t r i c t C l e r k ' s f a il u r e t o p r ov i d e h i m w it h a d a t e - s t a m p e d c opy o f t h e f il e d do c u m e n t s ; a s r e qu e s t e d i n eac h ac ti on ' s c ov e r- l e tt e r .
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