Court Opinion

ID: 8212975
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-10-11 10:12:07.171125+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:42:17.449801
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

                                     NO. 03-22-00627-CV

                                        In re Paul Young

                     ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM COMAL COUNTY

                            MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Relator Paul Young, an inmate in the Comal County Jail, filed a pro se petition

for writ of mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App.

P. 52.1. In his petition, Young asks this Court to direct the “Comal County Clerk” to file a

Motion for Bond Reduction and other unspecified motions he alleges were mailed to the clerk.

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 Young 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).

                                             __________________________________________
                                             Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Smith

Filed: October 7, 2022