in Re Steve Montrell Williams, Relator

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-18-00006-CV
IN RE STEVE MONTRELL WILLIAMS, RELATOR
OPINION ON ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS
January 22, 2018
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PARKER, JJ.
Relator, Steve Montrell Williams, inmate proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a
writ of mandamus. Through it, he seeks relief directed at employees of the prison unit
wherein he is incarcerated. We deny the petition.
This court has the authority to issue 1) writs of mandamus against a judge of a
district or county court in our district and 2) all writs necessary to enforce our jurisdiction.
TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a) & (b) (West 2004); In re James, No. 07-16-00113-CR,
2016 Tex. App. LEXIS 3026, at *2 (Tex. App—Amarillo Mar. 23, 2016, orig. proceeding).
The employees against whom relief is sought are not judges. Nor has Williams shown
that he has a live appeal or other cause pending before this court with which the prison
employees are interfering. Thus, he has not shown that issuance of a writ is necessary
to enforce our jurisdiction.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.
Per Curiam
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