Maria Elide Moreno and Alfredo Moreno v. Melissa Rosales ( 2012 )

NUMBER 13-12-00391-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE ARLISS L. LINDER JR.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justices Valdez and Justices Garza and Vela
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam1
Relator, Arliss L. Linder, Jr., a pro se litigant currently incarcerated in the George
Beto Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division (“TDCJ-ID”),
has filed a petition for writ of mandamus in which he contends that prison staff denied
his access to supplies necessary for mailing his brief in a pending appeal. Relator asks
that we issue a writ of mandamus compelling the director of TDCJ-ID to order the
warden of the Beto Unit to grant him access to the supplies.
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See TEX. R. APP. P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions), 52.8(d) (“When
denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not required to do so.”).
Having reviewed and fully considered relator’s petition, we conclude that he has
not shown himself entitled to the relief sought because we lack mandamus jurisdiction
over the TDCJ-ID director. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (West 2004) (limiting
our mandamus jurisdiction to district and county judges). Accordingly, the petition for
writ of mandamus is DENIED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
20th day of June, 2012.
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