in Re Joseph Bernard Cooper ( 2019 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-19-00446-CR
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IN RE JOSEPH BERNARD COOPER
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Original Proceeding
258th District Court of Polk County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 23233
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pro se relator Joseph Bernard Cooper filed a petition for writ of mandamus,
in which he asks this Court to compel the district clerk to make materials, which he
asserts are discoverable, available for inspection or to transmit the materials to
Cooper.
The district clerk is not a person against whom we may issue a writ of
mandamus other than to enforce our jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §
22.221(a), (b). Cooper has not shown that issuance of a writ against the district clerk
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is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See id.; see also In re Pennington, No. 09-
08-370-CV, 2008 WL 4425521, at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Oct. 2, 2008, orig.
proceeding) (mem. op.). Cooper has not demonstrated that he is entitled to
mandamus relief from this Court. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of
mandamus.
PETITION DENIED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on December 17, 2019
Opinion Delivered December, 18, 2019
Do Not Publish
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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