Maria Elide Moreno and Alfredo Moreno v. Melissa Rosales

NUMBER 13-12-00391-CV COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

IN RE ARLISS L. LINDER JR. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justices Valdez and Justices Garza and Vela

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam1 Relator, Arliss L. Linder, Jr., a pro se litigant currently incarcerated in the George Beto Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Institutional Division (“TDCJ-ID”), has filed a petition for writ of mandamus in which he contends that prison staff denied his access to supplies necessary for mailing his brief in a pending appeal. Relator asks that we issue a writ of mandamus compelling the director of TDCJ-ID to order the warden of the Beto Unit to grant him access to the supplies.

Having reviewed and fully considered relator’s petition, we conclude that he has not shown himself entitled to the relief sought because we lack mandamus jurisdiction over the TDCJ-ID director. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (West 2004) (limiting our mandamus jurisdiction to district and county judges). Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED.

PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 20th day of June, 2012.