in Re Ronald Lamont Guyton

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 19, 2011
• Docket: 10-11-00012-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-11-00012-CV

IN RE RONALD LAMONT GUYTON

Original Proceeding

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In this original proceeding Relator Ronald Guyton seeks mandamus relief

against the Respondent District Clerk Marc Hamlin. Guyton states that the district clerk

has failed to provide him with copies of documents he requested pursuant to the Texas

Public Information Act. A court of appeals has no jurisdiction to issue a writ of

mandamus against a district clerk except to protect or enforce its jurisdiction. See TEX.

GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (Vernon 2004); In re Simmonds, 271 S.W.3d 874, 879 (Tex.

App.—Waco 2008, orig. proceeding). We dismiss Guyton’s writ of mandamus for want

of jurisdiction.1

1 Guyton also filed a motion for leave to file his application for writ of mandamus. The motion for leave is dismissed as moot because such motions are no longer required under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. AL SCOGGINS Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins Dismissed Opinion delivered and filed January 19, 2011 [CV06]

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