in Re Robert Lynn McCarver

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-18-00213-CR
IN RE ROBERT LYNN MCCARVER
Original Mandamus Proceeding
Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Robert Lynn McCarver, proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking
this Court to direct Val Varley, the Red River County District Attorney, and Gary Young, the
Lamar County District Attorney, to produce to him the grand jury transcripts and their prosecutor’s
file related to his prior criminal conviction and to direct Dan Meehan, his former court-appointed
attorney, to produce to him his defense file related to the same criminal conviction. We will deny
his petition.
This Court has limited mandamus jurisdiction, which is limited to issuing a writ of
mandamus against a judge of a district, statutory county, statutory probate, or county court, a judge
acting as a magistrate in a court of inquiry, and an associate judge of a district or county court,
when they are within our court of appeals district. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (West
Supp. 2018). Our jurisdiction does not extend to other parties, such as a district attorney or a
private individual, unless such mandamus relief would be necessary to enforce our jurisdiction.
TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a) (West Supp. 2018).
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Since the relief requested by McCarver is not necessary to enforce our jurisdiction, we
must deny his petition for writ of mandamus.
Josh R. Morriss III
Chief Justice
Date Submitted: January 3, 2019
Date Decided: January 4, 2019
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