In Re LaCandreal Jackson v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: April 30, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00429-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued April 30, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00429-CV ——————————— IN RE LACANDREAL JACKSON, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator LaCandreal Jackson has filed a petition for writ of mandamus

seeking to have this Court order a justice court to dissolve a receivership.1

This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction is governed by the Texas Government

Code. See TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221. A court of appeals may issue writs of

1 The underlying case is Reliant Energy Retail Services, LLC v. LaCandreal Jackson a/k/a LaCandreal Shockritta Jackson, cause number 244100067359, pending in the Justice Court, Precinct 4, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Lincoln Goodwin presiding. mandamus against (1) a judge of a district, statutory county, statutory probate

county, or county court in the court of appeals district; (2) a judge of a district

court who is acting as a magistrate at a court of inquiry under Chapter 52 of the

Code of Criminal Procedure in the court of appeals district; or (3) an associate

judge of a district or county court appointed by a judge under Chapter 201 of the

Family Code in the court of appeals district for the judge who appointed the

associate judge. Id. § 22.221(b), (c). The courts of appeals also may issue all writs

necessary to enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction. Id. § 22.221(a).

Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus requests that this Court issue a writ

of mandamus against a justice court. This Court lacks mandamus jurisdiction over

a justice court. See TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221(b), (c); see also In re Jackson, No.

01–15–00822–CV, 2016 WL 269263, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Jan.

21, 2016, orig. proceeding) (per curiam) (mem. op.) (dismissing mandamus

petition for want of jurisdiction against justice of peace) (citations omitted). Nor

does relator’s petition demonstrate that the relief she requests is necessary to

enforce our jurisdiction.

We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction. Any pending motions are

dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Gunn, Caughey, and Morgan.