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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-26-00132-CR __________________ IN RE MARIO LAVELL COCKERHAM __________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding 253rd District Court of Liberty County, Texas Trial Cause No. 26,494 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On March 30, 2026, we received a petition for a writ of mandamus from Mario Lavell Cockerham. Upon receiving the petition, the Clerk of the Court notified the parties of specific procedural deficiencies in the mandamus petition and directed Cockerham to file a compliant petition by April 14, 2026. As of today, Cockerham has not complied with the notice issued by the appellate clerk. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for want of prosecution without ruling on the merits of Relator’s petition and without prejudice to Relator’s filing a new original proceeding that 1 complies with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See generally Tex. R. App. P. 9.4, 9.5, 52.3. PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on (Date) Opinion Delivered (Date) Do Not Publish Before Golemon, C.J., Wright and Chambers, JJ. 2