MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-12-00272-CV IN RE Steven L. AMIS, Relator Original Mandamus Proceeding 1 PER CURIAM Sitting: Catherine Stone, Chief Justice Sandee Bryan Marion, Justice Rebecca Simmons, Justice Delivered and Filed: May 23, 2012 PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION On May 2, 2012, Relator Steven L. Amis filed a petition for writ of mandamus complaining that the District Clerk of Bexar County has failed to properly file documents requested by the relator. We conclude this court does not have jurisdiction to grant the requested relief.

By statute, this court may only exercise our habeas jurisdiction when confinement results from the violation of an order, judgment, or decree previously made in a civil case. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.022 (e) (West Supp. 2011). Because the petition for writ of mandamus is directed toward the Bexar Court District Clerk and not a district or county court judge, and does not challenge an order entered in a specific underlying proceeding, the writ is not necessary to This original proceeding stems from Bexar County, but does not challenge an order entered in a specific underlying proceeding pending in an identifiable court.

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enforce this court’s jurisdiction. In re Coronado, 980 S.W.2d 691, 692 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 1998, orig. proceeding).

Accordingly, relator’s petition for writ of mandamus is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM DO NOT PUBLISH

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