IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-14-00277-CR
IN RE HAROLD S. BOWENS, JR.
Original Proceeding
MEMORANDUM OPINION
In this mandamus proceeding, Harold S. Bowens Jr. requests this Court to order
either the McLennan County District Attorney or the Coryell County District Attorney,
he alleges one in the beginning of his mandamus petition and the other in the prayer, to
respond to Bowen’s criminal complaint against individuals at the Alfred Hughes Unit
of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. There are multiple procedural problems
with Bowens’ mandamus petition, such as which district attorney is the mandamus
filed against, TEX. R. APP. P. 52.2, no record is included with the petition, TEX. R. APP. P.
52.7, and the petition is not properly served (the clerk of this Court is not a party to the
mandamus proceeding), TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5. However, we use Rule 2 of the Rules of
Appellate Procedure to look beyond these problems and proceed to a timely disposition
of this proceeding. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2.
As a Court of Appeals, we have no jurisdiction to compel a district attorney to
act except to enforce our jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a), (b) (West
2004). Bowens has not alleged any need for this Court to enforce our jurisdiction.
Accordingly, Bowens’ petition is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
TOM GRAY
Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Petition dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed September 25, 2014
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