Opinion issued March 8 , 2022

In The 

## Court of Appeals For The 

## First District of Texas

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——————————— IN RE WILLIE JAMES BRUMFIELD , Relator
Original Proceeding on Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Willie James Brumfield , appearing pro se, has filed application s for writ of habeas corpus with this Court related to each of his two trial court causes. 1 Brumfield’s application s state that he has been indicted for the offenses of “[a]ssault

1 The underlying case s are The State of Texas v. Willie James Brumfield , Cause No s . 1702658 and 1702659 , in the 180 th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable DeSean Jones presiding.2

[f]am[ily]

- [h]ousehold member [] [and] [p]ossession [of a controlled substance].” Brumfield state s that he was “arrested on December 1 7 , 2020” and has been “illegally restrained and confined” in the Harris County jail since that time. Brumfield further asserts that the bail set by the trial court in each of his trial court

cases “is excessive,” but that he “could raise funds required to post bail through a professional bondsman” if the bail am ount in each case w as reduced. Brumfield requests that this Court “issue the [w]rit of [h]abeas [c]orpus” and either “order[] [that he be] discharged from illegal custody” or that his “bail be reduced.” We d ismiss Brumfield ’s applications for writ of habe as corpus for lack of jurisdiction

. An intermediate court of appeals does not have original habeas jurisdiction in criminal law matters. See T EX
. G OV ’ T C ODE A NN
. § 22.221(d) (original habeas jurisdiction of courts of appeals is limited to cases in which person’s liberty is restrained because person violated order, judgment, or decree entered in civil case ); Chavez v. State , 132 S.W.3d 509, 510 (Tex. App.

— Houston [1 st Dist.] 2004, no pet. ). O ur habeas corpus jurisdiction in criminal matters is appellate only. See T EX
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. § 22.221(d) ; Ex parte Denby , 627 S.W.2d 435, 435 (Tex. App.

— Houston [1st Dist.] 1981, orig. proceeding) . Accordingly , in criminal habeas matters, this Court is limited to review ing a trial court’s order denying a defendant’s pretrial application for writ of habeas corpus. S ee Montalvo v. State , 315 S.W.3d3

588, 589 (Tex. App.

— Houston [1st Dist.] 2010, no pet.) (reviewin g trial court’s order denying pretrial application writ of hab e as corpus seeking reduction of bail )

. Original habeas jurisdiction in criminal proceedings is limited to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the district courts, and the county courts. See T EX
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. P ROC
. A NN
. art. 11.05 ; see also Ex parte Werne , 118 S.W.3d 833, 836 n.1 (Tex. App.

— Texarkana 2003, no pet. ) (noting Texas law permits “someone who is incarcerated to file a pretrial application of writ of habeas corpus” in trial court)

. Fo r these reasons , to the extent that Brumfield seeks to have this Court to grant his application s for writ of habeas corpus, we lack jurisdiction to do so

. Accordingly, w e dismiss Brumfield ’s applications for writ of habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction. All pending motions are dismissed as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Countiss and Farris

. Do not publish. T EX
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. P. 47.2( b).