Court Opinion

ID: 4690966
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Date Created: 2021-05-28 06:15:54.952876+00
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In The

                                  Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                                NO. 09-21-00114-CV
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                           IN RE ROBERT CALDWELL

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                          Original Proceeding
           Justice Court Precinct No. 1 of Polk County, Texas
                        Trial Cause No. SC1822
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                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator, Robert Caldwell, filed an original petition for a writ of mandamus in

which he requests this Court to compel the Honorable Darrell G. Longino, Justice of

the Peace for Precinct Number 1 of Polk County, Texas, to vacate his July 1, 2016

order denying Caldwell’s motion for new trial in what appears to be a civil suit

brought by Caldwell against the State of Texas.

      Other than to enforce this Court’s jurisdiction, our mandamus jurisdiction

extends only to a judge of a district court, a statutory county court, a statutory probate

court, or a county court in this Court’s district. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §

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22.221(b). Relator’s petition seeks mandamus relief against a justice of the peace.

We do not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a justice of the

peace. In re Johnson, No. 09-09-00147-CV, 2009 WL 972977, at *1 (Tex. App.—

Beaumont Apr. 6, 2009, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). Relator neither argues nor

demonstrates that the relief he requests is necessary to enforce our appellate

jurisdiction. See Easton v. Franks, 842 S.W.2d 772, 773-74 (Tex. App.—Houston

[1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding). Therefore, we dismiss the petition for writ of

mandamus for lack of jurisdiction.

      PETITION DISMISSED.

                                                         PER CURIAM

Submitted on May 26, 2021
Opinion Delivered May 27, 2021

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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