Pat S. Holloway v. Fifth Court Appeals

In this original proceeding, relator Pat S. Holloway complains that the Honorable Fifth Court of Appeals has abused its discretion by granting writs of prohibition, mandamus and injunction. See Browning v. Ryan, 756 S.W.2d 379 (Tex. App. -- Dallas 1988, orig. proceeding). These writs were directed at the Honorable Tom Ryan, Senior Judge sitting for the 162nd Judicial District Court, who sustained a collateral attack on a previous judgment against Holloway. The judgment, which Judge Ryan declared void, had previously been appealed to the court of appeals but that appeal was dismissed. Nevertheless, the court of appeals judgment of dismissal served as the basis for the extraordinary writs now before us.