In Re Shawn Lee Sanders v. the State of Texas ( 2024 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-24-00595-CV
In re Shawn Lee Sanders
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BEXAR COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Shawn Lee Sanders, an inmate in the Bexar County Adult Detention
Center, filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus seeking a venue transfer from the Fourth
Court of Appeals to this Court.1 But we do not have jurisdiction over the Fourth Court of
Appeals or convictions from Bexar County.
As an intermediate appellate court, we may issue writs of mandamus against
certain judicial officials sitting in our district and all writs necessary to enforce our jurisdiction.
See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221; In re Hill, 03-20-00480-CV, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 8383, at *3
(Tex. App.—Austin Oct. 23, 2020, orig. proceeding). Sanders’s petition is not directed to any
judicial official sitting in our district and does not show that issuance of a writ is necessary to
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Sanders complains about his arrest, jury conviction, and detention and his charges of
possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of a controlled substance. No respondent is
named in his petition and no documents are attached showing “the matter complained of.” Cf.
Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(d)(2) (requiring petition to identify respondent), 52.3(k)(1) (requiring
appendix with “certified or sworn copy of any order complained of, or any other document
showing the matter complained of”), 52.7(a) (requiring record with “certified or sworn copy of
enforce our jurisdiction. Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of
jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).
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Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana and Kelly
Filed: October 2, 2024
every document that is material to the relator’s claim for relief and that was filed in any
underlying proceeding”).
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