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2eptember 2, 2015 

ASEL ACOSTA, CLERK 

TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 

OFFICE OF THE CLERK 

P.O. Box12308, Capitol Station 

Austin, Texas 78711 

In· re: Ex parte Jo'seph Johnson, Jr. 

To the Hon. Abel Acosta, 

Trial Court No. 1234108 

Enclosed please find for fil±ng and action my "Writ of Mandamus'' filed wh~re the county Clerk has apparently not forwarded 

my Writ as Law requires from the letter I received from your office 

Sept. 1, 2015. As I received my copy of the States Answer back in 

July. I just assumed a copy was being sent to the Court of Criminal 

Appeals, though ili~th the issue of corruption and alter documenta:~ 

tion by the Harris County judicial officials I can understand the 

reason for not forwarding the Writ. 

I ask that you please notify myself up receipt and filing of 

this action. 

Jo~6aNs 7~R. 1758171 

C. T. Terrell 

1300 FM655 

Roshaion, Texas 77583 
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TEXAS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS 

AUSTIN, TEXAS 

EX PARTE 

JOSEPH JOHNSON, JR., 

Petitioner 

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WRIT NO. 

WRIT OF MANDAMUS 

BEFORE THE COURT: 

C 0 M E S N 0 W JO S E P H J 0 H N S 0 N , J R . , P e t i t i o n e r · p r o s e , a n d f i l e s 

this his "Writ of Mandamus" in the· above styled cause where the 

County of conviction has refused, pursuant to Notice from the 

Clerk of the Court, to forward Petitioner's Art. 11.07 Writ of 

Habeas Corpus to the Court. Pursuant to a letter from Brenda 

McNeal, Deputy Clerk of Harris County, Texas, Petitioner's Writ 

was received June 8, 2015, although Petiticrner had filed/mailed 

it in mid May, 2015. Trial Court NO. 12341 08-B 

On July 13, 2015, Petitioner received trhe "Stat~'s Answer 

and Order'' to which h~ immediately filed a rebuttal. On July 14, 

2015, Petitioner received a signed copy of same showing that Judge 

Kroeker had signed off on the "State's Proposed Finding's of Facts 

C o nc l u s i o n s o f L a w , a n d 0 r d e r " J u l y 6 , 2 0 1 5 . If this was the case 

then Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus should have arrived in 

the Office of the Cle~k of the Court of Criminal Appeals at or 

about the same time as Petitioner received his copy .. 

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On August 16, 2015, having received No· Notice by "White Card" 

that the Writ had been received and filed for review on the new 

issues of Constitutional violation, Petitioner forwarded a letter 

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to Abel Acosta, Clerk, on the matter. On August 25, 2015, Mr. 

Acosta returned a reply letter to Petitioner which he received 

on September 1, 2015, stating his office has NO record of having 

ever receiv~d said Writ. As of the preparation of this document it 

has now been 87 days, 52 days longer than allowed ~y Law, since 

the county received Petitioner's Writ. 

WHEREFORE; Petitioner would so pray this Honorable Court to 

GRANT him his Writ and enter an Order for the Clerk of the Court 

to Notify the Clerk of the Harris County District Clerk's Office 

to forward Petitioner's Art. 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus and all 

Court documents to the Court of Criminal Appeals for review of 

the issues"post haste. 

Further Petitioner prayeth not. 

Respectfully submitted, 

UNSWORN DECLARATION 

I, Joseph Johnson, Jr., TDCJ No. 1758171, being pr~sently 

restrain~d of my liberty ~n violation of 18 USC §241, at the C.T. 

Terrell unit located at 1300 FM 655, Rosharon, Texas 77583 in 

Brazoria County, declares under penalty of perjury thta the foregoing document is true and correct toithe best of my knowledge. 

Signed this the _,_.-~~~·--~---- day of September, 2015. 

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