Case Name: IN RE Eustorgio Guzman RESENDEZ
Court: Texas Courts of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 2016-08-24
Citations: 501 S.W.3d 680
Docket Number: No. 04-16-00521-CV
Parties: IN RE Eustorgio Guzman RESENDEZ
Judges: Sitting: Marialyn Barnard, Justice, Patricia 0. Alvarez, Justice, Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 501
Pages: 680–681

Head Matter:
IN RE Eustorgio Guzman RESENDEZ
No. 04-16-00521-CV
Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.
Delivered and Filed: August 24, 2016
Eustorgio Guzman Resendez, Beeville, TX, pro se.
Ramon De La Cruz, Garciasville, TX, for Appellee.
Sitting: Marialyn Barnard, Justice, Patricia 0. Alvarez, Justice, Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
On August 15, 2016, relator Eustorgio Resendez filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, seeking a writ of mandamus ordering a justice of the peace to exhume four bodies and reopen an inquest. This court does not have jurisdiction to grant the requested relief. By statute, this court has the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against "a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district" and other writs as necessary to enforce our appellate jurisdiction. Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(a)-(b) (West 2004). We conclude the writ does not enforce our appellate jurisdiction in this instance. Accordingly, Relator's petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.