in Re Robert Walter Bonner

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 22, 2012
• Docket: 03-12-00536-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

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NO. 03-12-00536-CV

In re Robert Walter Bonner

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM JOHNSON COUNTY

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Relator Robert Walter Bonner, acting pro se, has filed a document with this Court entitled "Motion for Leave to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus." Bonner asks this Court for leave to file a petition that requests issuance of a writ of mandamus against the district judge presiding over the 413th Judicial District Court of Johnson County.

This Court's mandamus authority is limited to issuing a writ of mandamus against "a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district" and other writs as necessary to enforce our appellate jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). Our court of appeals district does not include Johnson County. See id. § 22.201(d) (West Supp. 2012). Consequently, we do not have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a judge of a district court in Johnson County. Nor has Bonner demonstrated that the exercise of our writ power is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction as we have no appellate jurisdiction of a proceeding pending in, or an order appealed from, a Johnson County court. See id. § 22.220 (West Supp. 2012).

This original proceeding is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

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J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: August 22, 2012