Don’t forget the present.

In In re: Rohrich, the relator sought “a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate a May 2, 2019 show cause order and a March 4, 2019 order compelling production of data referenced in an April 2018 article written by relator.”

“Due to the extraordinary nature of the remedy, the right to mandamus relief generally requires a predicate request for action by the respondent, and the respondent’s erroneous refusal to act.” (quoting In re: Coppola, 535 S.W.3d 506, 510 (Tex.2017) (orig. proceeding) (emphasis added)).

Because “relator ha[d] not presented his arguments to the trial court regarding compliance with the order compelling production or regarding objections to the production,” he was “therefore, not entitled to mandamus relief.” No. 05-19-00578-CV (May 20, 2019) (mem. op.)