Opinion
03-22-00667-CV
10-28-2022
In re Jerel Smith
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly
MEMORANDUM OPINION
CHARI KELLY, JUSTICE
Relator Jerel Smith, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus directed to Velva L. Price, District Clerk, Travis County, Texas. See Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. 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 Smith 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).