COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-10-00445-CV
IN RE JAMES BELL JACKSON RELATOR
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ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
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MEMORANDUM OPINION1
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Relator James Bell Jackson seeks a writ of mandamus compelling a
district clerk to file a motion Relator wants filed with the trial court. 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 (Vernon 2004). We do
not 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.
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4, 52.8(d).
App.––Houston [1st Dist.] 1999) (mem. op.); In re Coronado, 980 S.W.2d 691,
692 (Tex. App.––San Antonio 1998). Here, mandamus is not necessary to
enforce our jurisdiction. See Washington, 7 S.W.3d at 182–83. Therefore, we
dismiss Relator’s petition for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
PANEL: GABRIEL, J.; LIVINGSTON, C.J.; and MEIER, J.
DELIVERED: December 30, 2010
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