In Re Richard Adame, Relator v. the State of Texas

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