In Re Richard Adame, Relator v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-26-00091-CV
IN RE RICHARD ADAME, RELATOR
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
February 19, 2026 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before PARKER, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.
Richard Adame, Relator, filed a petition for writ of mandamus with this Court
requesting that we direct the Honorable Aisha Redmond, Judge of the 160th District Court
of Dallas County, to vacate an order compelling arbitration and staying proceedings in
trial court cause DC-25-13824. As we are without authority to issue a mandamus against
the respondent, we dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.
A court of appeals may issue writs of mandamus against a judge of a district or
county court in its geographic district and may issue writs necessary to enforce its
jurisdiction. TEX. GOV’T. CODE § 22.221(a), (b). Adame directs his mandamus petition
against a judge presiding over a district court which is not located within the geographic
district for the Seventh Court of Appeals. See TEX. GOV’T. CODE § 22.201(f) (designating Dallas County within the Fifth Court of Appeals District), (h) (identifying the counties
composing the Seventh Court of Appeals District). Accordingly, we are without authority
to issue a writ of mandamus against a judge of the 160th District Court unless the writ is
necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T. CODE § 22.221(a). Adame has not
demonstrated that our jurisdiction is implicated here.
Therefore, we dismiss Adame’s petition for writ of mandamus for want of
jurisdiction.
Per Curiam
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