Opinion
No. 06-10-00021-CR
Date Submitted: February 17, 2010.
Date Decided: February 18, 2010.
Original Mandamus Proceeding.
Before MORRISS, C.J., CARTER and MOSELEY, JJ.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Gregory Demond Plater has filed a document which we deem to be a petition for writ of mandamus. Plater was convicted of aggravated robbery, and his conviction was affirmed by an opinion from this Court. Our mandate issued August 18, 2008. His filing is entitled as a "Motion To Have Appellate Record Made Available to Appellant." However, in the motion, he states that he has not been able to contact his court-appointed appellate attorney, and had written to the clerk of the 241st Judicial District Court attempting to obtain a copy of his record, and only then was notified that his appeal had been decided. It appears from the context of his filing that he is asking this Court to order the clerk of the 241st Judicial District Court to make a copy of his record available for his review.
Plater has attached no documentation to show the nature of any requests made, or any rulings based on those requests. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3(k). We also note that although his appeal had been transferred to this Court for docket equalization from the Twelfth Court of Appeals, this request is unrelated to our determination of the appeal. Our authority does not extend to issuance of mandamus against a clerk of a court, except insofar as it would be necessary to enforce our own jurisdiction. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a). Further, the court is identified as one in Smith County, a county not in our appellate district. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.201(g) (Vernon Supp. 2009). We have limited mandamus jurisdiction, and may issue a writ of mandamus only against a judge of a district or county court in our district. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (Vernon 2004).
We have the authority to enforce further proceedings in connection with our determination of the appeal as a writ necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of this Court. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a) (Vernon 2004).
For all of these reasons, we cannot grant the relief requested.
We deny the petition for writ of mandamus.