Dismissed and Opinion Filed October 5, 2018
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-01134-CV
IN RE DEDERIAN DEMOND HERRON, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 200th Judicial District Court
Travis County, Texas
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Myers, and Whitehill
Opinion by Justice Whitehill
Before the Court is relator’s September 28, 2018 “Plaintiff’s Original Petition,” which we
treat as a petition for writ of mandamus. In this original proceeding, relator seeks relief against
the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. This Court does not have jurisdiction to issue a writ
of mandamus against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Ex parte Springsteen, 506
S.W.3d 789, 794 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016, pet. denied) (only the Texas Supreme Court has
jurisdiction to issue a writ against the comptroller); In re Smith, 333 S.W.3d 582, 585 (Tex. 2011)
(same) (citing TEX. CONST. art. V, § 3; TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.002(c); AT & T Consultants, Inc.
v. Sharp, 904 S.W.2d 668, 672 (Tex. 1995)). Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for writ
of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.
/Bill Whitehill/
BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
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