COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § IN RE: JOHNNIE LEE CARTER, § No. 08-08-00155-CV Relator. § AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING § IN MANDAMUS § §

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS Relator, Johnnie Lee Carter, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, seeking an order compelling Integrity Asset Management to repay expenses Relator incurred in mediation.

This Court does not have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a private party.

See TEX . GOV ’T CODE ANN . § 22.221(a). Therefore, mandamus relief is denied.

KENNETH R. CARR, Justice May 1, 2008 Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Carr, JJ.

Chew, C.J., not participating