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IN THE
                          TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

                                 No. 10-11-00241-CR

                           IN RE DONALD R. BROWN

                                Original Proceeding

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In this original proceeding, Relator Donald R. Brown seeks mandamus relief

pertaining to his article 11.07 post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding. Brown has

alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in his article 11.07 post-conviction habeas

corpus proceeding, as the trial court’s September 1, 2010 order attached to the

mandamus petition orders attorney David Barron to file an affidavit responding to

Brown’s allegations within sixty days.      Brown seeks mandamus relief against the

respondent trial judge on the allegation that the trial judge has failed to timely rule, or

has refused to rule, on Brown’s motion to compel Barron to file the affidavit.

      Because Brown’s complaint in his mandamus petition pertains to his article 11.07

post-conviction habeas corpus proceeding, we initially question our jurisdiction to
address Brown’s complaint. Very recently, the Houston Fourteenth District Court of

Appeals addressed this very issue and dismissed the mandamus proceeding for lack of

jurisdiction. In re Ray, No. 14-11-00509-CR, 2011 WL 2462554 (Tex. App.—Houston

[14th Dist.] June 21, 2011, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

       Only the Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final post-
       conviction habeas corpus proceedings. TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art.
       11.07; Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App.
       1991); Board of Pardons & Paroles ex rel. Keene v. Court of Appeals for Eighth
       Dist., 910 S.W.2d 481, 483 (Tex. Crim. App. 1995) (holding that article 11.07
       provides the exclusive means to challenge a final felony conviction). This
       court lacks jurisdiction to grant mandamus relief in matters related to a
       post-conviction writ application. See McCree v. Hampton, 824 S.W.2d 578,
       579 (Tex. Crim. App. 1992) (Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction to
       order the trial court to rule on applicant’s post-conviction writ of habeas
       corpus.); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.]
       2001, orig. proceeding) (concluding that intermediate courts of appeals
       have no authority to issue writs of mandamus in criminal [ ] matters
       pertaining to article 11.07 writs).

Id.

       Because the relief that Brown seeks relates to post-conviction habeas corpus

relief, we do not have jurisdiction over this original proceeding. See id. (citing In re

Trevino, 79 S.W.3d 794, 795 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2002, orig. proceeding) (holding

that court of appeals did not have jurisdiction to issue mandamus directing district

court to forward copy of record to inmate for purposes of pursuing post-conviction

relief)). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus.

                                                 REX D. DAVIS
                                                 Justice

In re Brown                                                                             Page 2
Before Chief Justice Gray,
       Justice Davis, and
       Justice Scoggins
Petition dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed July 13, 2011
Do not publish
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