DENIED; and Opinion Filed January 21, 2015
Court of Appeals
S In The
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00040-CV
IN RE NOEL ALONSO MEJIA, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 291st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F93-00369-VU
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Fillmore, and Brown
Opinion by Justice Lang
Relator filed his “Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus for Documents, Records and
Statements of Facts” complaining that he possesses only two documents related to the appeal of
his criminal case: the brief filed by his attorney in this Court and this Court’s opinion, which
affirmed the trial court’s judgment. 1 He states he needs documents, records, the statement of
facts, and transcripts to file a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his
incarceration. We treat relator’s petition as a petition for writ of mandamus. Our mandamus
jurisdiction is limited. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West 2010). In a criminal case, to be
entitled to mandamus relief, the relator must show two things: (1) that he has no adequate
remedy at law, and (2) that he seeks to compel a ministerial act by an official over whom the
government code grants this Court mandamus jurisdiction. See In re Bonilla, 424 S.W.3d 528,
1
Relator was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed the trial court’s judgment. Mejia v. State, No. 05-93-
00462-CR, 1994 WL 649371, at *5 (Tex. App.—Dallas Nov. 18, 1994, no pet.) (not designated for publication).
533 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014). Relator’s petition does not complain that any official who is
subject to this court’s mandamus jurisdiction has refused to perform a ministerial act.
Accordingly, we DENY the petition for writ of mandamus.
/Douglas S. Lang/
DOUGLAS S. LANG
JUSTICE
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