In Re Raymond E. Carr v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
• Decided: June 24, 2026
• Docket: 03-26-00555-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-26-00555-CV

In re Raymond E. Carr

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM HARRIS COUNTY

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Raymond E. Carr has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to

direct the district court clerk for Harris County to file and docket his lawsuit.

This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction is expressly limited by statute to: (1) writs

against a trial court judge in this Court’s district, and (2) all writs necessary to enforce our

jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221. As to the former, the Third Court of Appeals has

jurisdiction of appeals from the trial courts located in Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell,

Coke, Comal, Concho, Fayette, Hays, Irion, Lampasas, Lee, Llano, McCulloch, Milam, Mills,

Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Tom Green, Travis, and Williamson counties. See id. §

22.201(d). This is an original proceeding from Harris County. See id. § 22.221. Thus, we have

no jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus outside this Court’s district. See id. As to the latter,

Relator has not demonstrated that the exercise of our writ power is necessary to enforce our

jurisdiction in this case. Therefore, Relator has not established that we have jurisdiction to issue

the writ he seeks. For these reasons, the petition for writ of mandamus is denied. See Tex. R. App.

P. 52.8(a).

__________________________________________ Karin Crump, Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Theofanis and Crump

Filed: June 24, 2026