Opinion
NO. 03-19-00545-CV
11-06-2019
In re Leo P. LaMountain III
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM HAYS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relater Leo P. LaMountain, III, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, seeking to compel the Hays County District Clerk to transmit copies of his application for writ of habeas corpus, any answers filed, the convicting court's findings, and all related filings to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in accordance with article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, § 3(c).
As an intermediate appellate court, this Court has no jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a district clerk unless necessary to enforce our jurisdiction, see Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221(a); In re Washington, 7 S.W.3d 181, 182 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding), and our jurisdiction is not implicated here, see Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07, § 5 (vesting complete jurisdiction over post-conviction relief from final felony convictions in Court of Criminal Appeals).
Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See In re Justice, No. 03-14-00163-CV, 2016 WL 1039006, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Mar. 11, 2016, orig. proceeding) (dismissing relator's petition for writ of mandamus when relater sought to compel district court to transmit habeas corpus application and related filings to Court of Criminal Appeals); In re Guajardo, No. 03-11-00821-CV, 2012 WL 254675, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Jan. 25, 2012, orig. proceeding) (same).
/s/_________
Melissa Goodwin, Justice Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly Filed: November 6, 2019