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R E G I N A L D H O L L O W A Y , R el at or

v. D A LL A S C O U N TY D I STR I C T C LE R K , R e s ponde nt
ON AP P LICATION FOR AWRIT OF M ANDAM US

CAUSE NO. 06-62809T(A) IN THE 2 83 JU DI CI AL DI STR IC T C OU RT F RO M DA LLA S CO UN TY

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P er cur i am . OP I NI ON
Relator has f

iled a motion for leav e t o file a w rit of mandamus pursua nt to the orig inal jurisdiction of this C ourt. I n it, he contends that he filed an 11.07 application for a wr it of habea s corpus in the c onvi cti ng court on June 18, 2009. He alleg es that more tha n 35 day s have e lapsed sin c e the fi lin g date and

that a tim e ly or de r de sig natin g iss ue s h a s n ot b e e n e nte re d. He wa nts thi s Court to order the district c lerk to for war d his 11.07 application.Holloway -- 2 On September 30, 2009, this Court held this application in abey ance and orde red the district cler k to respond bec ause more than 35 day s had ela psed si nce the alleg ed fili ng date a nd this Court had no re co rd of a timely enter ed orde r desig nating issues. I n response to this C ourt’s orde r, the district clerk f

orwa rded a copy of an order desig nating issues which was signe d on Aug ust 24, 2009. This Court has still not rec eived this 11.07 application for a wri t of habe as cor pus and now conditionally

g rants this motion for lea ve to file a

n application for

a wr it of mandamus bec ause the order desig nating issues was untimely enter ed. Upon re ceipt of a

n application for

a wr it of habea s corpus c halleng ing a final fe lony conviction, the attorne y repr esenting the S tate has 15 day s to respond. See T EX . C ODE C R IM . P R OC . Ar t. 1 1. 07 , § (b ). Af

te r the e xpir a tio n of the tim e a llo we d for the State to re sp on d, the tr ia l c ourt is all o wed 20 da

y s to determine whe ther the a pplication contains alleg ations of controve rted, previously

unresolved f

acts mate rial to the leg ality of the applica nt’s confine ment. Art. 11.07, §3(c ). I f t he tr ia l c ourt

de te rm ine s th a t th e a

pp licati on for writ

of ha be a s c or pu s p re se nts su c h is su e s it

“ s h a l l e n t e r

ano r d e r w i t h i n2 0 d ays o f

t h e e x p i r a t i o no f

t h e t i m e a l l o w e d f

o r t h e s t a t e t o r e p l y, desig nating issues of fa ct to be re solved.” Id. Ar tic le 11 .0 7 d oe s not aut ho rize the tr ia l c ourt to
e x t e n d t h e t i m e l i m i t a t i o n s i mp o s e d b y t h e s t a tu t e , o t h e r

t h anb y a ti me ly e n tr

y o f an orde r desig nating issues. McCreev. Hampton , 824 S.W .2d 578, 579 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992). Wi thout a timely entry of an order desig nating issues, Article 11.07 imposes a duty upon the clerk of the trial
co urt to immediately

transmit to this Court the rec ord fr om the application for a wr it of habea s corpus, de eming the trial court’s inaction a finding that no issues of fa ct re quire fur ther re solution. Art. 11.07, §3(c ). I n this case, Relator filed the application for a writ of habe as cor

pus in the trial court on JuneHolloway -- 3 18, 2009. The district cle rk’s off ice ha s informed this Court that the district attorney ’s offic e was
serve d the writ application on J une 18, 2009. The trial court signed an order desig nating issues on Au g us t 24 , 2 00 9, wh ic h w a s a ft e r t he tim e lim itatio ns pr ov ide d in t he st atut e ha d e xpir e d. Th is untimely order interfe red with the district c lerk’s duty to tr ansmit this application to thi s Court and is the re fo re wi tho ut e ff

e c t. Se e Ma rti n v . H

am lin , 25 S.W .3d 718, (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). The district clerk ha s no authority to continue to hol d Relator’s a pplication for a

writ of habe as cor

pus
and is und e r a min ist e ri a l du ty to imm e diate ly fo rw ard the a pp lic a tio n and

re la te d r e c or ds in c a

us e no. 06-62809T(A ) filed in the 283 J udicial District Court of Da llas County to this C ourt. rd We c on dit ion a lly

g ra nt m and a mus re lie f a

nd di rec t th e Re sp on de nt t o c omp ly wi th t his op ini on . T he wr it o f m and a mus wi ll i ssu e on ly in t he e ve nt t he Re sp on de nt fa ils to c omp ly wi thi n thirty day s of the date of this opinion.
Filed: Nove mber 4, 2009 Do no t pu bli sh