Opinion
No. 12-07-00059-CV.
Opinion Delivered February 9, 2007.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING.
PANEL CONSISTED OF WORTHEN, C.J., GRIFFITH, J., AND HOYLE, J.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator R. Thomas Williams filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining of the respondent, the Honorable James A. Williamson, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #3, Houston County, Texas. Williams requests that we order Respondent to give his small claims petition a docket number and place the case on the court's docket.
A court of appeals has the authority to issue writs of mandamus against a judge of a district or county in the court of appeals district and all writs necessary to enforce its jurisdiction. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (Vernon 2004). We have no authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a justice of the peace unless it is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Easton v. Franks , 842 S.W.2d 772, 773 (Tex.App.-Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding). Williams does not argue that issuance of the writ is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction .