TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-15-00268-CV
In re People Paul West Kimmell
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM LLANO COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
A document entitled “Habeas Corpus Declaration of New Facts set Certain Supported
by Law Briefs” was filed with this Court requesting that we grant the following relief:
A. ORDER making VOID all issues and Orders established in the Third Precinct
Court. B. ORDER compelling Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to make
reasonable Mediation for Final Settlement and Closure which is a Reasonable,
Rational and Logical for the Public Interest of the People as laid out in the Preamble
of State of Texas Constitution hereby Applied.
This appears to be an original application for writ of habeas corpus filed for the first time in this
court of appeals rather than an appeal of a ruling on an application for writ of habeas corpus filed
in a trial court.
We lack jurisdiction over this application. The courts of appeals in Texas lack
jurisdiction to consider a post-conviction application for the writ of habeas corpus in felony
cases and in cases in which the applicant seeks relief from an order or judgment of conviction
ordering community supervision. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. arts. 11.07, 11.072; see also Ex parte
Williams, 561 S.W.2d 1, 2 (Tex. Crim. App. 1978); In re Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196, 196-97
(Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2006, orig. proceeding). We also lack original jurisdiction over
habeas applications complaining of confinement on a misdemeanor charge. See Tex. Code Crim.
Proc. art. 11.09.
We dismiss this application for lack of jurisdiction.
Jeff Rose, Chief Justice
Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Field
Filed: June 24, 2015
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