MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-11-00828-CV IN RE David NIENAS Original Mandamus Proceeding 1 PER CURIAM Sitting: Karen Angelini, Justice Phylis J. Speedlin, Justice Marialyn Barnard, Justice Delivered and Filed: December 7, 2011 PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION On November 18, 2011, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus, seeking to compel the Medina County Sheriff’s Office to proceed with a criminal complaint he filed. However, this court does not have jurisdiction to grant the requested relief. By statute, this court has the authority to issue 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(a)-(b) (West 2004). We conclude the writ is not necessary to

This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 11-09-0020792-CV, in the 38th Judicial District Court, Medina County, Texas, the Honorable Camile G. Dubose presiding.

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enforce our jurisdiction. Accordingly, relator’s petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

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