Opinion
04-22-00123-CV
05-27-2022
Kiera MATHIS, Appellant v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, Appellee
From the 37th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2021CI13518 Honorable Larry Noll, Judge Presiding
Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice, Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice Lori I. Valenzuela, Justice
ORDER
LORI I. VALENZUELA, JUSTICE
On May 25, 2022, appellant filed "Appellant's Motion for Emergency Relief and Permanent Injunction." The motion requests this court permanently enjoin appellee from "any further misrepresentation of false or fraudulent claims of sexual abuse or trafficking concerning the appellant and her offsprings [sic] to any court."
This Court has limited injunctive powers. See In re Caldwell, No. 03-20-00181-CV, 2020 WL 1682600, at *1 (Tex. App.-Austin Apr. 7, 2020, no pet.). We have "no original jurisdiction to grant writs of injunction, except to prevent the invasion of [our] jurisdiction over the subject-matter of a pending appeal, or to prevent an unlawful interference with the enforcement of [our] judgments and decrees." Id.; see also Tex. Gov't Code § 22.221 ("Each court of appeals or a justice of a court of appeals may issue a writ of mandamus and all other writs necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of the court."). Appellant's motion does not seek to prevent another party's (1) invasion of our jurisdiction over the subject-matter of the pending appeal or (2) interference with a previous judgment from this court. Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to issue the requested relief, and the motion is DENIED. We express no opinion on the merits of the underlying appeal.