in Re Mark Eugene Engle ( 2015 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-15-00055-CR
IN RE MARK EUGENE ENGLE
Original Mandamus Proceeding
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Mark Eugene Engle filed this petition for a writ of mandamus asking this Court to compel
the Hunt County District Clerk to provide him with a “copy of the minutes from the [g]rand [j]ury
hearing” in his case.
This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction is governed by Section 22.221 of the Texas
Government Code. Section 22.221 expressly limits the mandamus jurisdiction of a court of
appeals to: (1) writs against a district court judge or a county court judge in the court of appeals’
district and (2) all writs necessary to enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction. TEX. GOV’T CODE
ANN. § 22.221 (West 2004). The district clerk is not a district court or county court judge in this
Court’s district, and Engle has not shown that the issuance of a writ compelling the requested relief
is necessary to enforce this Court’s appellate jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a).
Accordingly, Engle’s petition is denied.
Josh R. Morriss, III
Chief Justice
Date Submitted: April 13, 2015
Date Decided: April 14, 2015
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