Court Opinion

ID: 9412391
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Date Created: 2023-07-30 08:10:42.094125+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
July 25, 2023.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                NO. 14-23-00460-CV

                     IN RE DAN H. HENNIGAN, Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              10th District Court
                            Galveston County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 22-CV-2293

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On June 30, 2023, relator Dan H. Hennigan filed a petition for writ of
mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App.
P. 52.   In the petition, relator names Mortgage Assets Management, LLC as
respondent and states that he is seeking damages from it.

      This court’s mandamus jurisdiction is governed by section 22.221 of the
Texas Government Code. A court of appeals may issue writs of mandamus against
(1) a judge of a district, statutory county, statutory probate county, or county court
in the court of appeals district; (2) a judge of a district court who is acting as a
magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52 of the Texas Code of Criminal
Procedure in the court of appeals district; or (3) an associate judge of a district or
county court appointed by a judge under Chapter 201 of the Texas Family Code in
the court of appeals district for the judge who appointed the associate judge. Tex.
Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(b). The courts of appeals also may issue all writs
necessary to enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction. Id. § 22.221(a).

      Mortgage Assets Management, LLC is not among the parties specified in
section 22.221(b). See id. § 22.221(b). Moreover, relator has not shown that the
issuance of a writ compelling the requested relief is necessary to enforce our
appellate jurisdiction. See id. § 22.221(a). Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to issue
a writ of mandamus against Mortgage Assets Management, LLC.

      Accordingly, relator’s petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for lack of
jurisdiction.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Hassan, and Wilson.

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