in Re Andre Lamon Morgan ( 2022 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00065-CV
In re Andre Lamon Morgan
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Andre Lamon Morgan, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus. Morgan requests that this Court compel
TDCJ employees to take specified actions relating to medically recommended intensive
supervision determinations.
By statute, this Court has no authority to issue a writ of mandamus against these
State officials unless required to enforce our jurisdiction, which is not implicated here. See Tex.
Gov’t Code § 22.221 (establishing that intermediate appellate courts have jurisdiction to issue
writs of mandamus only against certain types of judges and to enforce appellate courts’ own
jurisdiction); In re Amir-Sharif, No. 08-10-00132-CV, 2010 WL 2690569, at *1 (Tex. App.—El
Paso July 7, 2010, orig. proceeding). Accordingly, we dismiss his petition for writ of mandamus
for want of jurisdiction.
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Gisela D. Triana, Justice
Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Triana
Filed: February 25, 2022