Opinion
No. 08-04-00167-CV
July 29, 2004.
An Original Proceeding in Mandamus.
Roque Aranda, Beeville, TX, pro se.
Virginia Stewart, District Clerk, Gaines County, Seminole, TX, for Gaines County state court.
Before Panel No. 1 LARSEN, McCLURE, and CHEW, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Roque T. Aranda has filed a petition for writ of mandamus. His complaints arise from the removal to federal court of a suit he filed in a Gaines County state court.
We have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against judges of district or county courts in our district. Tex.Gov'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (Vernon 2004). We may issue the writ against other state officials only if necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See id. at § 22.221(a). This statute does not grant this Court any authority to issue a writ against a federal judge. Moreover, Gaines County is not in our district, see id. at § 22.201(i), (l), and Relator has not shown that issuing the writ is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Accordingly, we do not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against the Gaines County state judge or the federal judge.
The petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed.