Opinion
NO. 03-14-00461-CV
08-01-2014
In re Freddrick Smith
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Freddrick Smith, an inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus with this Court, asking us to order the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the 351st Judicial District Court of Harris County to act on Smith's application for writ of habeas corpus. This Court's mandamus jurisdiction is expressly limited to: (1) writs against a district court judge or county court judge in this Court's district, and (2) all writs necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Harris County is not in this Court's district, and no writ is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction here. Additionally, we do not have any jurisdiction over the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which has exclusive jurisdiction to review matters relating to post-conviction relief from final felony convictions. We dismiss Smith's petition for want of jurisdiction.
See Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221.
See id. § 22.201(d).
See Tex. Const. art. V, § 6; see also Lambert v. State, No. 03-12-00530-CR, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 7121, at *1-2 (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 23, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for publication).
See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.07; Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (per curiam).
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Bob Pemberton, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Rose