Opinion issued October 1, 2013
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-13-00733-CV
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IN RE KRISTOFER KASTNER, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On August 27, 2013, relator, Kristofer Kastner, who has been deemed a
vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order,1 filed a pro se petition for writ of
mandamus challenging the respondent’s 2 July 1, 2013 denial of his request to file
1
See In re Kastner, No. 01-13-00318-CV, 2013 WL 4478071, at *1 (Tex. App.—
Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 20, 2013, orig. proceeding).
2
The respondent is the Honorable Ken Wise, Local Administrative Judge of Harris
County, Texas.
an appeal of the trial court’s orders declaring him a vexatious litigant and
dismissing the underlying suit.3 See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN.
§ 11.102(c) (Vernon Supp. 2012) (providing that litigant may not appeal
administrative judge’s determination, but that litigant may apply for writ of
mandamus “not later than the 30th day after the date of the decision” of local
administrative judge denying litigant permission to file litigation). Relator was
denied permission to file his appeal on July 1, 2013, but he did not file his petition
in this Court until August 27, 2013. See In re Johnson, 390 S.W.3d 584, 586 (Tex.
App.—Amarillo 2012, orig. proceeding) (holding that legislature limited appellate
courts’ exercise of writ power under section 11.102(c) to petitions filed no later
than thirtieth day after local administrative judge’s decision and that petitions filed
outside that time frame do not invoke appellate court’s mandamus jurisdiction).
Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus for want of
jurisdiction. Any pending motions are dismissed as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Higley, and Massengale.
3
The underlying proceeding is Kastner v. Sanders et al., No. 2011-54173 (133rd
District Court, Harris County, Tex.), the Honorable Jaclanel McFarland presiding.
2