in Re Michael Anthony Moore

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-19-00369-CR
IN RE MICHAEL ANTHONY MOORE
Original Proceeding
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Michael Anthony Moore, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus
seeking to compel Brazos County District Clerk Gabriel Garcia to provide him with
various documents from his criminal trial, including an “affidavit in support of felony
information,” a “waiver of indictment,” a “felony of information,” an “arrest warrant,”
“docket sheets,” and “criminal docket sheets.” A court of appeals has no jurisdiction to
issue a writ of mandamus against a district clerk, except to protect or enforce its
jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West 2004); In re Simmonds, 271 S.W.3d
874, 879 (Tex. App.—Waco 2008, orig. proceeding). We do not have jurisdiction to decide
Moore’s mandamus proceeding against the district clerk. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §
22.221; see also In re Simmonds, 271 S.W.3d at 879. Accordingly, we dismiss Moore’s
mandamus petition for want of jurisdiction.
JOHN E. NEILL
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Neill
Petition dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed October 30, 2019
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