In Re Augustine Nchekewube Okoli v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Date FiledAugust 6, 2026
Docket01-26-00759-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Opinion issued August 6, 2026
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00759-CV
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IN RE AUGUSTINE NCHEKWUBE OKOLI, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Augustine Nchekwube Okoli filed a petition for writ of mandamus
challenging the trial court’s July 9, 2026 “Clarifying Order to Final Decree of
Divorce.”1 Relator’s related appeal of the Final Decree of Divorce is pending in our
Court under Cause No. 01-26-00134-CV. In conjunction with his mandamus
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The underlying case is In the Matter of the Marriage of Chidinma August Okoli and
Augustine Nchekwube Okoli, cause number 2020-24448, pending in the 257th
District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Lilian Alexander presiding.
petition, Relator filed an “Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief to Stay
Enforcement of the Clarifying Order Pending Appeal” requesting that our Court (1)
stay enforcement of the challenged order “pending final disposition of the appeal
and any related original proceeding” and (2) order that the child at issue in the
underlying case remain “in Nigeria with her paternal grandmother and father
pending final resolution of the appeal.”
We deny the mandamus petition. All pending motions, including Relator’s
emergency motion for temporary relief, are dismissed as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Rivas-Molloy and Guiney.
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