Opinion
NO. 03-15-00122-CV
03-13-2015
In re Robert Brown III
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM WILLIAMSON COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Robert Brown III, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to compel the 277th District Court of Williamson County and the district clerk there to assign a cause number to Brown's "motion for a suit of writ of mandamus against the City of Georgetown," which Brown claims he has already filed in the court below. We do not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a district clerk unless doing so would be necessary to enforce this Court's jurisdiction. Moreover, to the extent that Brown's mandamus petition is directed at the district court itself, he has failed to provide this Court with a record sufficient to show his entitlement to the extraordinary relief requested. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.
See Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221(a), (b).
See Tex. R. App. P. 52.7; In re Le, 335 S.W.3d 808, 813 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2011, orig. proceeding) ("Those seeking the extraordinary remedy of mandamus must follow the applicable procedural rules. Chief among these is the critical obligation to provide the reviewing court with a complete and adequate record.").
See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).
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Bob Pemberton, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Bourland Filed: March 13, 2015