in Re Richard Butler

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-17-00421-CR
IN RE RICHARD BUTLER
Original Proceeding
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Richard Butler filed petition for writ of mandamus requesting this Court to order
the trial court clerk to forward to him a free copy of the clerk’s record and also the
reporter’s record. A court of appeals has no jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus
against a trial court clerk or court reporter 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 dismiss Butler’s writ of mandamus against the
trial court clerk and court reporter for want of jurisdiction.
AL SCOGGINS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Petition dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed January 3, 2018
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