In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-22-00068-CR

IN RE STEVEN MACK MCGEE

Original Mandamus Proceeding

Before Morriss, C.J., Stevens and van Cleef, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Stevens
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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator, Steven Mack McGee, an inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ 

of mandamus asking this Court to direct the Honorable Brad Morin, presiding judge of the 71st 

Judicial District Court of Harrison County, Texas, to issue a judgment nunc pro tunc correcting 

his judgment of conviction to reflect concurrent, rather than consecutive, sentences. Because 

McGee failed to provide us with a sufficient record to establish his right to mandamus relief, we 

deny the mandamus petition.

Mandamus will issue “only when the mandamus record establishes (1) a clear abuse of 

discretion, and (2) the absence of a clear and adequate remedy at law.” In re Blakeney, 254 

S.W.3d 659, 661 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2008, orig. proceeding) (citing Cantu v. Longoria, 878 

S.W.2d 131 (Tex. 1994); Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 839–40 (Tex. 1992)). “It is the 

relator’s burden to provide this Court with a sufficient record to establish his or her right to 

mandamus relief.” Id. (citing Walker, 827 S.W.2d at 839–40; In re Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., 187 

S.W.3d 197, 198–99 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2006, orig. proceeding)); see TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3,

52.7(a). 

Rule 52.3 requires the person filing the petition for a writ of mandamus to “certify that he 

or she has reviewed the petition and concluded that every factual statement in the petition is 

supported by competent evidence included in the appendix or record.” TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(j). 

The petition in this case does not contain this required certification. In addition, the appellate 

rules require that the appendix contain “a certified or sworn copy of any order complained of, or 

any other document showing the matter complained of,” TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(k)(1)(A), and that 
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the record contain “a certified or sworn copy of every document that is material to the relator’s 

claim and that was filed in any underlying proceeding,” TEX. R. APP. P. 52.7(a)(1). Although 

Relator’s appendix contains copies of orders and other documents, they are not certified or 

sworn.1 

McGee also states that he filed a motion for a judgment nunc pro tunc with the district 

court requesting that the complained-of judgment be corrected. Even so, the appendix in this 

case does not contain a sworn or certified copy of the motion, or any document showing that it 

has been presented to the trial court for a ruling. As a result, the record provided fails to show 

that his motion was filed with the district clerk, that it was presented to the trial court for a 

ruling, or that the motion has been pending for a sufficient time since such presentment. See In 

re Henry, 525 S.W.3d 381, 382 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2017, orig. proceeding) (per 

curiam).

“Because the record in a mandamus proceeding is assembled by the parties,” we must 

“strictly enforce[] the authentication requirements of rule 52 to ensure the integrity of the 

mandamus record.” In re Smith, No. 05-19-00268-CV, 2019 WL 1305970, at *1 (Tex. App.—

Dallas Mar. 22, 2019, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (quoting In re McKinney, No. 05-14-01513-

CV, 2014 WL 7399301, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Dec. 15, 2014, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.)). 

On this record, we cannot say that Relator has established a right to the relief he has requested. 

See Blakeney, 254 S.W.3d at 662.

1The last document in Relator’s appendix is a copy of a clerk’s certification dated September 3, 2019. Since the 

appendix contains both documents that contain a file stamp and documents that do not, it is not clear to which 

documents, if any, the certification applies.
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For that reason, we deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. 

Scott E. Stevens

Justice

Date Submitted: May 17, 2022

Date Decided: May 18, 2022

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