Case Name: Larry FISHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe D. CLAYTON, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-02-23
Citations: 168 F. App'x 620
Docket Number: No. 04-41640
Parties: Larry FISHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe D. CLAYTON, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 168
Pages: 620–621

Head Matter:
Larry FISHER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joe D. CLAYTON, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 04-41640.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Feb. 23, 2006.
Larry Fisher, Tennessee Colony, TX, pro se.
Before GARZA, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Larry Fisher, Texas prisoner # 671581, appeals from the dismissal of his mandamus action, in which Fisher sought for the district court to compel the state trial court to allow him to withdraw his plea of guilty to aggravated robbery. Fisher also moves for appointment of counsel; his motion is denied.
Fisher does not contend that the district court erred by dismissing his mandamus petition for lack of jurisdiction. Fisher thus has failed to brief the sole relevant issue for appeal. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987). Moreover, the district court lacks jurisdiction to compel the state court to allow Fisher to withdraw his guilty plea. See Moye v. Clerk, DeKalb County Superior Court, 474 F.2d 1275, 1275-76 (5th Cir.1973); see also Santee v. Quinlan, 115 F.3d 355, 356 (5th Cir.1997). Fisher's appeal is dismissed as frivolous; neither the district court's dismissal of the mandamus petition nor our dismissal of Fisher's appeal counts as a strike pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
APPEAL DISMISSED. APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.