See T EX . R. A PP . P

. 52. 8( d) ( “ W hen deny i ng r el i ef , t he cour t m ay han d do w n an opi ni on b ut 1 i s n o t r e q u i re d to d o s o .”) ; T EX . R. A PP . P . 4 7 .4 (d i s ti n g u i s h i n g o p i n i o n s a n d m e m o ra n d u m o p i n i o n s ). 

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## CO UR T O F APP EAL S THI RTEENT H DI ST RI CT OF TE XAS CORPUS CHRI ST I - E DI NBURG IN RE: W HITNEY G. RICE On P et i ti on fo r W ri t o f M an da m us . MEM ORA ND UM OPIN ION Before C hie f Justice V ald ez an d Justices Ro dri guez and Garza

Mem ora ndum Opi nio n P er Cu ria m 1 Rel ator , W hit ney

G. Ric e, f il ed a pro se petiti on for w ri t of mandamus on S eptember 25, 2009, seek ing to compel the Di str ict Cl er k of N ueces Cou nty to comply with her mini ste ri al duti es and forward doc uments per tai nin g to re lat or ’s co nv icti on to the Tex as Cou rtof Cr imi nal Appea ls

. The C our t, hav ing ex amined and fully co nsi dered the p eti ti on for w ri t of mandamus , i s o f the opi nio n tha t t he pet it ion sh oul d be deni ed. T his C ou rt do es no t ha v e ma nd am us j ur i s di c ti on ov er di s tr i c t c l er k s un l es s i t is s h o w n t h a t i s s u a n c e o f t h e w r i t i s n e c e s s a r y t o e n fo rc e o u r j u r i s d i cti on. SeeT EX . G OV ' T2

C OD E A NN . § 22.221(a), ( b ) (V er non 200 4) ; In r e Washing ton , 7 S

. W

. 3 d 1 8 1 , 1 8 2 (T e x. App.–H oust on [1 st Di st. ] 199 9, or ig . proceed ing ); In re Cor onado , 980 S.W .2d 6 91, 6 92 (Tex . Ap p.–San Ant oni o 1998, or ig . proceed ing ); see als o In reNubi ne , N o. 13 -0 8- 507- CV , 2 0 0 8 T e x. Ap p . L EXI S 6 5 3 4 , a t * 1 (T e x. Ap p .– Co rp u s Ch ris ti A u g . 2 7 , 2 0 0 8 , o rig. proceed ing ) (p er

cu ri am) (mem. op)

. In the ins tant cas e, the peti ti on for w ri t of mandamus fa il s t o m e e tt h e re qu ir e m e n t s o f T e xa s R u le o f

A p p e ll a t e P ro c e d u re 5 2 a n d , a c c o rd in gl y, fails to est abl is h tha t i ss uance of the w ri t is nec ess ar y to enforc e our

j ur is dicti on. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 5 2. It is the re lat or's burden t o prov ide thi s C our t w it h a s uff ic ien t petit ion and rec ord to est abl is h his ri g ht to mandamus re li ef. See gen erally T EX . R. A PP . P. 5 2. Spec ific all y , for ins tanc e, t he rela tor

mustfil e an appendi x

w it h the peti ti on for

w ri t of mandamus , and the appendi x must inc lud e, int er ali a, a cer ti fied or swor n copy of anyorder co mplai ned of, or any othe r docu ment show ing the matter co mplai ned of. See i

d. 52.3 (k). T he relat or mu st als o fil e a record i ncl udi ng a “ cer ti fied or swor n copy of ev er y documentthati s mat er ial to the relator's claim for relief and thatw as f iled in any unde rlyi n g p ro ceed ing,” and “a p ro per ly auth enti cat e d tra n sc rip t o f an y rele van t t e st im o n y f ro m an y un d e rlyin g pro ce e d in g, inc lud ing any

ex hib it s o ffered i n ev ide nce, or a s tatementthatno tes ti mony w as adduc ed in conn ection w ith the mat ter com plaine d.” See i d. 52.7( a)

. Fu rt h e r, r ela tor mustfil e a cer ti ficat ion w it h the peti ti on for the peti ti on for w ri t of manda mus sta ti ng thatev er y factual sta tement in the peti ti on is suppo rt ed by co mpetent ev ide nce inc lud ed i n the append ix or re cord. See i

d. 52.3( j)

. Fi nal ly , t he pet it ion for w ri t of mandamus mustco ntai n a “ cl ear and conc is e arg ument for

the cont enti ons made, w it h appropr iat e ci tati ons to au thor it ies and to th e ap pen dix or record.” See i d. 52.3 (h). In t he i nst ant c ase, rela tor has fail ed to meet thes e req uirements and has thus fail ed3

to prov ide thi s C our

t w it h a p eti ti on and re cord s uff ic ien t t o est abl is h his ri g ht to manda mus re li ef. Ac cordin g ly, th e p e ti ti o n for w ri t of mandamus i s D EN IED

. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 52. 8(a). PERC UR IAM Do not p ubl is h. SeeT EX . R. A PP . P. 47. 2(b). Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and filed thi s 3 0th d ay

of September , 200 9.