Opinion
03-23-00287-CV
06-30-2023
In re Jerel Smith
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
Before Baker, Kelly, and Smith, Justices.
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 complaining of the alleged failure to file a submission in the underlying case by 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).