DISMISS; and Opinion Filed May 8, 2015.
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00574-CV
IN RE PATRICK BERNARD INGRAM, Relator
Original Proceeding from the Criminal District Court No. 4
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. W01-01902-K(A)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Fillmore, and Brown
Opinion by Justice Fillmore
Relator filed this petition for writ of mandamus requesting that the Court order the district
clerk to transmit his application for writ of habeas corpus to the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals. This Court has mandamus jurisdiction over the district clerk only when the district
clerk's actions interfere with this Court's jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221
(West 2004). The intermediate courts of appeals have no original jurisdiction over petitions for
habeas corpus relief from a felony judgment. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(d) (West
2004) (limiting habeas corpus jurisdiction of intermediate courts of appeals to civil matters);
TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.05 (West 2005) (granting original jurisdiction in cases
seeking writs of habeas corpus in criminal cases to the court of criminal appeals, districts courts,
and county courts). Consequently, any complaints about action or inaction on a matter related to
a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus must be brought by mandamus to the court of
criminal appeals and not to this Court. In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston
[1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding).
We DISMISS the petition.
/Robert M. Fillmore/
ROBERT M. FILLMORE
JUSTICE
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