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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-26-00427-CR __________________ IN RE KEVIN LOUIS TATE __________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding County Court of Hardin County, Texas Trial Cause No. 78561 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Kevin Louis Tate, a self-represented party, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus. Tate alleges he has been charged in Trial Court Cause Number 78561 with a misdemeanor offense of hindering apprehension. Tate complains that on September 11, 2026, he filed a combined Motion to Suppress and to Dismiss in which he contends the evidence against him was seized pursuant to an illegal stop. Tate contends the officer stopped the vehicle solely to check the license or registration of a vehicle with “private” license plates being used for “private travel[]” and that the charging instrument for hindering apprehension must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction because it is “unsupported by the record[]” and “contrary to 1 law[.]” Tate complains that on September 17, 2026, he was also charged with the misdemeanor offense of bail jumping in Trial Court Cause Number 79379 before the trial court resolved Tate’s “jurisdictional” challenge to Cause Number 78561. On October 9, 2026, Tate filed Defendant’s Objection to Proceeding on the Merits, Issuance of a Warrant, and New Charge of Bail Jumping in Cause Number 78561. Tate asks this Court to temporarily stay all further proceedings in Cause Number 78561, stay all proceedings relating to the bail jumping charge, and stay enforcement of any outstanding warrant pending disposition of the mandamus petition, and Tate asks that as mandamus relief on final disposition that we compel the trial court to conduct a hearing and rule on Tate’s Motion to Suppress and Motion to Dismiss and make written findings and conclusions thereon for appellate review. Tate has not shown that he has no adequate remedy at law and that the act he seeks to compel is ministerial, involving no discretion. In re State ex rel. Best, 616 S.W.3d 594, 599 (Tex. Crim. App. 2021) (orig. proceeding). We deny the petition for a writ of mandamus and any requests for temporary relief. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a), 52.10. PETITION DENIED. PER CURIAM Submitted on October 27, 2026 Opinion Delivered October 28, 2026 Do Not Publish Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ. 2