in Re Robert Walter Bonner

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-12-00536-CV
In re Robert Walter Bonner
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM JOHNSON COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Robert Walter Bonner, acting pro se, has filed a document with this Court
entitled “Motion for Leave to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus.” Bonner asks this Court for leave
to file a petition that requests issuance of a writ of mandamus against the district judge presiding
over the 413th Judicial District Court of Johnson County.
This Court’s mandamus authority is limited to issuing a writ of mandamus against
“a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district” and other writs as necessary to
enforce our appellate jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). Our court of
appeals district does not include Johnson County. See id. § 22.201(d) (West Supp. 2012).
Consequently, we do not have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a judge of a district
court in Johnson County. Nor has Bonner demonstrated that the exercise of our writ power is
necessary to enforce our jurisdiction as we have no appellate jurisdiction of a proceeding pending
in, or an order appealed from, a Johnson County court. See id. § 22.220 (West Supp. 2012).
This original proceeding is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
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J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: August 22, 2012
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