In Re Larissa Baskin v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 17, 2025
• Docket: 03-25-00984-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-25-00984-CV

In re Larissa Baskin

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Larissa Baskin has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court

to order a justice of the peace to “[p]roperly consider or enforce the Subpoena Duces Tecum.”

Baskin’s petition indicates that she is a party to a proceeding before the justice of the peace for

Travis County Precinct One.

This Court lacks jurisdiction to provide the relief requested. This Court is

authorized by statute to issue a writ of mandamus against “a judge of a district, statutory county,

statutory probate county, or county court in the court of appeals district” and other writs as

necessary to enforce our appellate jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(b). We may

also issue writs of mandamus against a judge of a district court who is acting as a magistrate at a

court of inquiry or an associate judge of a district or county court under circumstances not

presented in this petition. See id. § 22.221(c). Because relator seeks a writ against a justice of

the peace and the writ is not necessary to enforce our appellate jurisdiction, we lack jurisdiction

over relator's petition for writ of mandamus. See Easton v. Franks, 842 S.W.2d 772, 773 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding); see also In re Ochoa, No. 04–10–00914–CV,

2011 WL 192691, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Jan. 12, 2011, orig. proceeding).

We dismiss this petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.

__________________________________________ Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Crump and Ellis

Filed: December 17, 2025