DISMISSED and Opinion Filed August 30, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-21-00579-CV
No. 05-21-00580-CV
No. 05-21-00581-CV
No. 05-21-00582-CV
IN RE DRALON DURAN PATTERSON, Relator
Original Proceedings from the Criminal District Court No. 5
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. F19-75183-PL,
F19-75218-PL, F19-25779-QL & F19-40572-PL
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Molberg, Reichek, and Smith
Opinion by Justice Molberg
Dralon Duran Patterson has filed an original petition for writ of habeas corpus
contending he has been denied a speedy trial, denied due process of law, subjected
to excessive bail, not timely charged, denied the presumption of innocence, and
exposed to covid-19 in jail. He requests the Court issue a writ of habeas corpus
ordering the trial court to dismiss all pending charges and release him for violating
his constitutional rights.
We do not have jurisdiction to consider an original petition for writ of habeas
corpus arising from a criminal proceeding. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art.
11.05 (granting power to issue writs of habeas corpus to court of criminal appeals,
district courts, county courts, and judges of said courts); TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §
22.221(d) (empowering courts of appeals to issue writs of habeas corpus in civil
matters only); In re Ayers, 515 S.W.3d 356, 356–57 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th
Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (per curiam); In re Shaw, 175 S.W.3d 901, 903 (Tex.
App.—Texarkana 2005, orig. proceeding); see also In re Farrow, No. 03-16-00354-
CV, 2016 WL 3391551, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin June 15, 2016, orig. proceeding)
(mem. op.) (dismissing for want of jurisdiction pretrial petition for writ of habeas
corpus complaining of excessively long pretrial detention without indictment).
Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction.
/Ken Molberg//
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210580f.p05 JUSTICE
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