in Re Charles Brown ( 2015 )

Opinion issued May 7, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-15-00347-CR
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IN RE CHARLES BROWN, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Charles Brown, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, seeking
to compel the Harris County District Clerk to respond to his requests for
information about a motion for DNA testing Brown filed in July, 2014.1
We have no jurisdiction to compel the district clerk to act on Brown’s
motion. See, e.g., In re Potts, 357 S.W.3d 766 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.]
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The underlying case is The State of Texas v. Charles Laneil Brown, No. 1179042
in the 339th District Court of Harris County, Texas.
2011, no pet.) (court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to compel the district clerk to
accept a mandamus petition for filing); TEX. GOV’T. CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West
2004) (limiting mandamus jurisdiction to (1) writs against a district court judge or
county court judge in the court of appeals’ district, and (2) all writs necessary to
enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition
for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Higley, and Huddle.
Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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