In Re Marqis Taffe v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 13, 2025
• Docket: 01-25-00901-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued November 13, 2025

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00901-CV ——————————— IN RE MARQUIS TAFFE, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Marquis Taffe has filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to

have this Court order a justice court to vacate and seal an eviction judgment.1

This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction is governed by the Government Code.

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

1 The underlying case is LMC Crest at Park West Holding, LP d/b/a The Maddox v. Marquis Taffe, cause number 225100037170, pending in the Justice Court, Precinct 5, Place 1 of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable James Lombardino presiding. 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).

Relator’s petition does not demonstrate that the relief he 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 Rivas-Molloy, Gunn, and Caughey.