in Re: Zakee Kaleem Abdullah

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-11-00025-CR

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IN RE: ZAKEE KALEEM ABDULLAH

Original Mandamus Proceeding

Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Carter

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Zakee Kaleem Abdullah has filed a petition for writ of mandamus in which he asks this Court to direct the Honorable Nancy Talley, Justice of the Peace for Bowie County, Texas, to lower bail. Abdullah states that he was arrested by warrant for theft and that when he appeared before Justice Talley, she set his bail at $50,000.00. He also states that he presented various motions by mail for filing, but copies were not file marked and returned to him. He asks this Court to order the Honorable Nancy Talley to perform a duty required by law: to remove the excessive bail, and that we order the District Clerk of Bowie County and/or the Clerk of the Justice of the Peace Court to provide him with copies of the documents involved in the accusations against him, as well as copies of his own pleadings.

This Court has jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a “judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district.” TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (Vernon 2004). The respondents in this case do not fall within those categories. Under the facts as stated by Abdullah, we, therefore, have no mandamus jurisdiction over the named respondents.

We deny the petition.

Jack Carter

Justice

Date Submitted: January 25, 2011 Date Decided: January 26, 2011

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