Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-25 08:11:55.850168+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:19:23.731843
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In The
                               Court of Appeals
                      Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

                                     No. 07-23-00093-CV
                                     No. 07-23-00095-CV
                                     No. 07-23-00096-CV

                          IN RE TOMMY L. PARKER, RELATOR

       ORIGINAL PROCEEDINGS ON PETITIONS FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

                                        May 19, 2023
                              MEMORANDUM OPINION
                      Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.

       Tommy L. Parker is a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order which prohibits

him from filing new litigation in any Texas court without first obtaining permission from the

local administrative judge. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §§ 11.101–.103.

Despite the prefiling order prohibiting new filings, Parker filed three petitions for writ of

mandamus without accompanying orders permitting the filings.

       Chapter 11 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code requires courts to dismiss

new actions filed by a vexatious litigant unless the litigant also files an order from the local

administrative judge permitting the filing of the new action. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.
CODE ANN. § 11.103–1035. By letter of March 21, 2023, we admonished Parker that these

proceedings would be dismissed unless he filed an order granting the required permission

by March 31. We subsequently granted Parker an extension to April 28, 2023, to obtain

the required orders. To date, we have received one order from the local administrative

judge, sitting by assignment, denying Parker’s request to file his petition in cause 07-23-

00093-CV. However, we have not received any orders permitting Parker to proceed with

these proceedings nor any further communication from Parker.

      Accordingly, we dismiss, without prejudice, Parker’s petitions for writ of

mandamus. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 11.1035(b).

                                                       Per Curiam

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