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In re Dunsmore

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston
May 20, 2008
No. 14-08-00385-CV (Tex. App. May. 20, 2008)

Opinion

No. 14-08-00385-CV

Memorandum Opinion filed May 20, 2008.

Original Proceeding Writ of Mandamus.

Panel consists of Chief Justice HEDGES, and Justices FOWLER and BOYCE.


MEMORANDUM OPINION


On May 6, 2008, relator Gregory Dunsmore filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221 (Vernon 2004); Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. In the petition, relators requests that we compel the Harris County District Clerk and the clerk of the County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 to file his petition for writ of habeas corpus.

We do not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a district or county clerk unless it is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221; In re Washington, 7 S.W.3d 181, 181 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding). Relator has not argued, nor does the mandamus record demonstrate, that a writ of mandamus is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction.

Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.


Summaries of

In re Dunsmore

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston
May 20, 2008
No. 14-08-00385-CV (Tex. App. May. 20, 2008)
Case details for

In re Dunsmore

Case Details

Full title:IN RE GREGORY DUNSMORE, Relator

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

Date published: May 20, 2008

Citations

No. 14-08-00385-CV (Tex. App. May. 20, 2008)