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Opinion issued August 11, 2026 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00785-CV ——————————— IN RE PATRICIA ANN POTTS, Relator Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Patricia Ann Potts, a vexatious litigant subject to a pre-filing order, and proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of mandamus alleging that the trial court had failed to perform its ministerial duty “to rule on [r]elator’s pending emergency motions.”1 Relator’s petition identified three separate lower court cause 1 Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus fails to meet the requirements of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure by failing to identify the real party/parties in interest to the original proceeding and failing to identify the parties served with her original proceeding. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(e), 52.3(b). The petition for writ of mandamus numbers, including trial court cause number 2025-48752, pending in the 127th District Court of Harris County, Texas. However, relator failed to provide a mandamus record or appendix, including, but not limited to, a mandamus record or appendix containing any “pending emergency motions” which she alleges the respondent trial court has refused to rule. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(l)(1), 52.7(a)(1). Additionally, as noted above, relator has been declared a vexatious litigant and is subject to a pre-filing order. The Clerk of this Court may not file an original proceeding in a civil matter presented by a vexatious litigant subject to a pre-filing order unless: (1) the relator first obtains an order from the local administrative judge permitting the filing or (2) the relator is appealing from a pre-filing order declaring her a vexatious litigant. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 11.103(a), (d). Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus does not challenge the order declaring her a vexatious litigant, nor has relator provided any indication that she obtained permission prior to filing this original proceeding. Accordingly, we conclude that we lack jurisdiction to grant the mandamus relief requested by relator. We therefore dismiss relator’s petition for writ of mandamus for lack of jurisdiction. We dismiss any pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM identifies the respondent as the Honorable Denise Brown, the presiding judge of the 127th District Court of Harris County, Texas. 2 Panel consists of Justices Caughey, Johnson, Dokupil. 3