Court Opinion

ID: 9376852
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-03-04 07:09:58.466755+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:17:09.871157
License: Public Domain

Opinion filed March 2, 2023

                                       In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                    __________

                              No. 11-23-00023-CV
                                  __________

                         IN RE RICKY GRUMBLES

                         Original Mandamus Proceeding

                     MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Relator, Ricky Grumbles, filed this original petition for writ of mandamus
asserting that the District Clerk of Ector County, Texas, has failed to file his “Motion
to Modify and Rescind Order to Withdraw Funds with the 70th Judicial District
Court.” Relator requests that we order (1) the district clerk to file the motion and
(2) the district judge of the 70th District Court to issue a ruling on the motion. We
dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.
      As set forth herein, the district clerk and the district judge have provided
Relator the relief he seeks in his mandamus petition. Therefore, Relator’s petition
for writ of mandamus is moot. We lack jurisdiction to decide a moot controversy.
In re Guardianship of Fairley, 650 S.W.3d 372, 379 (Tex. 2022).
      While we note that we do not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus
against a district clerk, the Ector County District Clerk’s Office provided us with a
file-stamped copy of the motion at issue. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221
(West Supp. 2022) (providing for limited jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus);
In re Price, No. 11-21-00089-CR, 2021 WL 2009495, at *1 (Tex. App.—Eastland
May 20, 2021, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for
publication). In addition, Judge Whalen, the district judge of the 70th District Court,
entered an order denying Relator’s motion on February 17, 2023. Therefore, the
district clerk and the district judge have provided Relator with the relief he seeks in
his mandamus petition, and the petition is now moot.
      Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus for want of
jurisdiction.

                                              PER CURIAM

March 2, 2023

Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.

                                          2