In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-19-00418-CR
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IN RE SAMAD SEFIANE
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Original Proceeding
252nd District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 17-27943
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
In a petition asking this Court to issue a writ of mandamus, Samad Sefiane
complains that Jamie Smith, the Jefferson County District Clerk, failed to timely
transmit documents Sefiane filed with the District Clerk in trial court cause number
17-27943 to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 52. See
generally Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07, § 3. We dismiss the petition.
Intermediate courts of appeal do not have jurisdiction to command actions to
be taken by a district clerk unless the party making the request shows that issuing a
writ is necessary to enforce the appellate court’s jurisdiction over an appeal. See Tex.
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Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(a), (b) (Supp.). Sefiane did not do so here. Accordingly,
we dismiss Sefiane’s petition for lack of jurisdiction.
PETITION DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on November 19, 2019
Opinion Delivered November 20, 2019
Do Not Publish
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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in Re Samad Sefiane
Combined Opinion