In re Newsome

Full title: IN RE EDWARD R. NEWSOME, Relator

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston

Date published: Sep 11, 2008

Nos. 14-08-00342-CV, 14-08-00343-CV (Tex. App. Sep. 11, 2008)

Opinion

Nos. 14-08-00342-CV, 14-08-00343-CV

Memorandum Opinion filed September 11, 2008.

Original Proceedings Writ Of Mandamus.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES, Justice BOYCE, and Senior Justice HUDSON.^_

_ Senior Justice Hudson sitting by assignment.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Relator Edward R. Newsome has asserted two separate petitions for writ of mandamus (case numbers 14-08-00342-CV and 14-08-00343-CV) in the papers he filed on April 24, 2008. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221(b) (Vernon 1988); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. The respondents are listed as "Ms. Tucker et. al" (case number 14-08-00342-CV) and "Trial Counsel Paul Mewis et. al" (case number 14-08-00343-CV). We cannot determine the underlying lawsuit or the identity of the real party in interest, and relator has not specified from what order(s) he seeks relief.

A court of appeals has no general writ power over a person-other than a judge of a district or county court-unless issuance of the writ is necessary to enforce the court's jurisdiction in a case already properly before it. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221 (Vernon 1988). The petitions do not identify respondents over whom the court has jurisdiction. See id.

Accordingly, we dismiss for want of jurisdiction the petitions in case numbers 14-08-00342-CV and 14-08-00343-CV, and all other requests for relief contained in those petitions.