COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-13-00049-CV
IN RE RONNIE TURNER RELATOR
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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Relator Ronnie Turner seeks a writ of mandamus compelling a deputy
district clerk to send him complete file-stamped copies of documents he contends
he filed with the trial court and court of criminal appeals relating to an application
for writ of habeas corpus under code of criminal procedure article 11.07. We
dismiss for want of jurisdiction.
This court has jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against district and
county court judges, to issue writs of mandamus against a district judge acting as
magistrate in a court of inquiry, and to issue all other writs necessary to enforce
its own jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). We do not
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4, 52.8(d).
have mandamus jurisdiction over a district clerk unless such is necessary to
enforce our jurisdiction. See, e.g., In re Washington, 7 S.W.3d 181, 182 (Tex.
App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); In re Coronado,
980 S.W.2d 691, 692 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding); see also
In re Jackson, No. 02-10-00445-CV, 2010 WL 5395827, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort
Worth Dec. 30, 2010, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). Here, Relator’s petition for
writ of mandamus does not involve a matter in which we must enforce our
jurisdiction. Cf. Washington, 7 S.W.3d at 182–83. We must therefore dismiss
Relator’s petition for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
PANEL: GARDNER, DAUPHINOT, and GABRIEL, JJ.
DELIVERED: February 14, 2013
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