in Re: Joshua Lapaul Walton ( 2020 )

DISMISS; Opinion Filed January 24, 2020
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-20-00024-CV
IN RE JOSHUA LAPAUL WALTON, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 256th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-15-19709
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Schenck, Partida-Kipness, and Nowell
Opinion by Justice Nowell
Before the Court is relator’s January 8, 2020 petition for writ of mandamus challenging
certain orders and actions by the associate judge in the underlying suit affecting the parent-child
relationship.
We do not have mandamus jurisdiction over an associate judge. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN.
§ 22.221(b) (providing for mandamus jurisdiction over a judge of a district or county court); In re
Johnson, No. 05-16-00212-CV, 2016 WL 825732, at *1 (Tex. App—Dallas, March 3, 2016, orig.
proceeding) (court lacked jurisdiction compelling associate judge to take action on motion to
recuse); In re Oberheiden, No. 05–15–00565–CV, 2015 WL 2197958, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas
May 11, 2015) (court lacked jurisdiction to grant writ of mandamus compelling associate judge to
vacate order).
We dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.
/Erin A. Nowell/
ERIN A. NOWELL
JUSTICE
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