in Re Steven Dwayne Gilbert

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-18-00372-CV
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IN RE STEVEN DWAYNE GILBERT
Original Proceeding
1A District Court of Jasper County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 13133JD
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Steven Dwayne Gilbert filed a petition for writ of mandamus that seeks to
compel the Board of Pardons and Paroles to release him immediately on mandatory
supervision. This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction does not extend to the Board of
Pardons and Paroles. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West Supp. 2017). To the
extent Gilbert complains that the trial court forwarded a mandamus petition to the
Court of Criminal Appeals, the proceedings at issue are purely post-conviction
matters that do not implicate our mandamus jurisdiction or the mandamus
jurisdiction of the district court. In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717-18 (Tex. App.—
Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding); see also Martinez v. Thaler, 931 S.W.2d
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45, 46 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 1996, writ denied) (“A district court has
no constitutional or statutory jurisdiction to exercise supervisory control over prison
officials.”). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus.
PETITION DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on October 3, 2018
Opinion Delivered October 4, 2018
Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.
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