In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-19-00108-CV
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IN RE ANDREW WELLER
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Original Proceeding
Criminal District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause Nos. 49280 and 49361
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Andrew Weller filed an original petition for a writ of habeas corpus with this
Court. Weller is being held in Rusk State Hospital after having been found not guilty
by reason of insanity in 1988. See Weller v. State, No. 09-14-00292-CV, 2015 WL
1612011, at *1–2 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Apr. 9, 2015, pet. denied) (mem. op.). Our
jurisdiction to issue a writ of habeas corpus may be invoked if a person is restrained
in his liberty, “by virtue of an order, process, or commitment issued by a court or
judge because of the violation of an order, judgment, or decree previously made,
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rendered, or entered by the court or judge in a civil case.” Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §
22.221(d) (West Supp. 2018). We lack original habeas jurisdiction to consider an
order that does not involve a contemnor’s violation of a previous court order. Id.
Weller’s petition fails to invoke a matter over which we have original habeas
jurisdiction. We dismiss the petition without prejudice and without reference to the
merits.
PETITION DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on April 17, 2019
Opinion Delivered April 18, 2019
Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.
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