TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-15-00683-CV
In re Christopher Tremane Saunders
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BELL COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Christopher Tremane Saunders has filed an original petition for writ of habeas
corpus in this Court. The petition for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.1
See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221(d) (court of appeals may issue writ of habeas corpus when person
is restrained because “of the violation of an order, judgment, or decree previously made, rendered,
or entered by the court or judge in a civil case”); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.05 (listing
courts with authority to issue writ of habeas corpus in criminal proceedings).
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Scott K. Field, Justice
Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Field
Filed: December 4, 2015
1
Saunders attached a document entitled “subpoena” to his petition for writ of habeas corpus,
in which he requests that we order the court reporter to file the reporter’s record related to his
underlying criminal case. This request is also dismissed.