COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS IN RE: JOSEPH ROBERTS,
Relator. No. 08-08-00096-CR AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS Relator, Joseph Roberts has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, seeking an order
compelling the Texas Division of Criminal Justice Institutional Division to restore 6,137 days of
good conduct time credit. This court does not have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice. See Tex Gov't Code Ann. 22.221 (a) , (b) (Vernon 2004) .
Therefore, mandamus relief is denied. April 10, 2008 ANN CRAWFORD Mc CLURE, Justice Before Chew, C.J., Mc Clure, and Carr, JJ. (Do Not Publish)