in Re: Bennie John Murrey ( 2019 )

DISMISSED and Opinion Filed December 6, 2019
S In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-01234-CV
IN RE: BENNIE JOHN MURREY, Relator
On Appeal from the County Court at Law
Rockwall County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CR19-1141
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Bridges, Osborne, and Carlyle
Opinion by Justice Osborne
In this original proceeding, relator seeks a writ of mandamus directing the regional
administrative judge to hold a hearing on relator’s motion to disqualify the trial court judge and to
grant a new trial by a newly assigned judge. We lack writ jurisdiction over regional administrative
judges because they are not judges of district or county court in this Court’s district and our
jurisdiction is not in jeopardy such that we could exercise writ jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE
ANN. § 22.221(a), (b); see also In re Michael Hooper & Assocs., P.C., No. 05-09-01291-CV, 2009
WL 3647580, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Nov. 5, 2009, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (no writ
jurisdiction over regional administrative judge).
Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.
/Leslie Osborne/
LESLIE OSBORNE
JUSTICE
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