IN RE FIELDS

No. 09-08-193 CV.

256 S.W.3d 859 (2008)

In re Kenneth FIELDS.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Beaumont.

Decided June 12, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael S. Falkenberg, State Counsel for Offenders, Appellate Section, Kyle A. Pinkerton, State Counsel for Offenders, Civil Commitment Section, Huntsville, for relator.

Heather White, Special Prosecution Unit, Civil Division, Gina M. Debottis, Special Prosecution Unit, Civil Division, Huntsville, for real party in interest.

Before McKEITHEN, C.J., KREGER and HORTON, JJ.


OPINION

CHARLES KREGER, Justice.

Kenneth Fields filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to grant his counsel's motion to withdraw and to appoint new counsel to represent Fields in a proceeding to have him committed as a sexually violent predator. We deny the requested relief.

The relator is the subject of a commitment proceeding filed pursuant to Chapter 841 of the Texas Health...

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