In re Lagaite

Full title: IN RE LUIS S. LAGAITE, JR., Relator

Court: Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas

Date published: Jan 31, 2013

NO. 01-12-01069-CR (Tex. App. Jan. 31, 2013)

Opinion

NO. 01-12-01069-CR

01-31-2013

IN RE LUIS S. LAGAITE, JR., Relator

PER CURIAM

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Pro se relator Luis S. Lagaite, Jr. has filed a petition for writ of mandamus.¹ See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West 2004). In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the judge of the 278th District Court of Walker County to perform a ministerial duty.

1 Relator names as respondent Senior Judge Earl Ernst of the 278th District Court of Walker County, Texas.

We have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against a judge of a district or county court in our appellate district. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b). Walker County is not within this Court's district. See id. § 22.201(b), (k) (West Supp. 2012). Because Walker County is not in our appellate district, we have no authority to issue a writ of mandamus directed to the judge of the 278th District Court of that county.

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

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Bland, and Massengale. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).