Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 00:59:25.290234+00
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In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-13-00499-CR
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                        IN RE JODY FLOYD MATHES

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                               Original Proceeding
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Jody Floyd Mathes filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the

preparation of a chronological itemized list of all documents filed in Cause Nos.

09-06-05587-CR and 09-06-05589-CR, in the 221st District Court of Montgomery

County, Texas. He also requests that this Court either order the respondents to

allow him to purchase the clerk’s and reporter’s records from a prepared

chronological list of documents or issue a declaratory judgment of his rights.

      This Court lacks mandamus jurisdiction over a district clerk or a district

attorney unless it is necessary to enforce this Court’s jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t

Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). This Court has mandamus jurisdiction against a

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judge of a district court in our geographic jurisdiction, but after reviewing the

mandamus petition and record, we conclude that Mathes has not demonstrated that

he has a clear right to the relief he seeks from the Judge of the 221st District Court

of Montgomery County, Texas. See id. § 221.21(b)(1); see also In re State ex rel.

Tharp, 393 S.W.3d 751, 754 (Tex. Crim. App. 2012) (To be entitled to mandamus

relief, the relator must show that he has a clear right to the relief sought.).

Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

      PETITION DENIED.

                                                   PER CURIAM

Opinion Delivered November 27, 2013
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Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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