in Re Charles Anthony Allen Sr.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 29, 2011
• Docket: 14-11-00202-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 29, 2011.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-11-00202-CV

IN RE CHARLES ANTHONY ALLEN, SR., Relator

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Relator is an inmate confined by the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  On March 9, 2011, Relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court.  See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann §22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1.  Relator requests we compel the real parties in interest—T. Simmons, M. Butcher, D. Dickerson, R. McKee, and K. Stackhouse—to provide him adequate amounts of paper, postage, and envelopes to “mail out the various civil suits currently before various courts as well as this Honorable Court of Appeals.”

            This court’s mandamus jurisdiction is governed by section 22.221 of the Texas Government Code.  Section 22.221 expressly limits the mandamus jurisdiction of the courts of appeals to: (1) writs against a district court judge or county court judge in the court of appeals’ district, and (2) all writs necessary to enforce the court of appeals' jurisdiction.  Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (Vernon 2004).  Because the petition for writ of mandamus is not directed toward a district court judge or county court judge in our district and is not necessary to enforce our jurisdiction, we have no jurisdiction.  See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(b)(1).

            Accordingly, the petitions for writ of mandamus are ordered dismissed.

                                                            PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Brown, Boyce, and Jamison.