Court Opinion

ID: 8407021
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-01 10:10:12.009665+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:47:23.155271
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-22-00667-CV

                                       In re Jerel Smith

                     ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Relator Jerel Smith, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has

filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus directed to Velva L. Price, District Clerk, Travis

County, Texas. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. By statute,

an appellate court has no authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a county or district

clerk except as necessary to enforce the court’s jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221(a).

Because Smith does not seek a writ of mandamus to enforce our jurisdiction, we dismiss his

petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).

                                             __________________________________________
                                             Chari Kelly, Justice

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly

Filed: October 28, 2022