In Re Rabbi Tommy L. Parker, Relator v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 8, 2025
• Docket: 07-25-00254-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-25-00254-CV

IN RE TOMMY L. PARKER, RELATOR

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

October 8, 2025 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.

Tommy L. Parker is a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order which prohibits

him from filing new litigation in any Texas court without first obtaining permission from the

local administrative judge. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE §§ 11.101–.103. Despite

the prefiling order prohibiting new filings, Parker filed a petition for writ of mandamus with

this court without an accompanying order permitting its filing.

Chapter 11 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code requires courts to dismiss

new actions filed by a vexatious litigant unless the litigant also files an order from the local

administrative judge permitting the filing of the new action. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM.

CODE § 11.103–1035. By letter of August 27, 2025, we admonished Parker that these

proceedings would be dismissed unless he filed the required order by September 8. We later granted him an extension to September 25. On September 19, 2025, Parker filed a

copy of a letter from the local administrative judge stating, “I have reviewed your request

to file a Writ of Mandamus with the 7th Court of Appeals in Amarillo on the above matter.”

The letter, however, neither grants nor denies Parker permission to file his petition for writ

of mandamus, and Paker has had no further communication with the court.

To date, this court has not received an order from the local administrative judge

permitting Parker to proceed with his mandamus action. Accordingly, we dismiss, without

prejudice, Parker’s petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE

§ 11.1035(b).

Per Curiam