COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS § § No. 08-13-00205-CV IN RE: DONNY LEE BRETZ § AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING Relator.

§ IN MANDAMUS § MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Donny Lee Bretz, a Texas prison inmate, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus against the 70th District Court of Ector County, Texas. A court of appeals has jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against certain judges within our geographic district.

TEX.GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b)(West 2004). Ector County is not in the Eighth Court of Appeals’ district. See TEX.GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.201(i)(West Supp. 2012). This Court also has authority to issue a writ of mandamus if it is necessary to enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction. Id. § 22.221(a). Relator does not have any appeals pending before this Court. We do not have jurisdiction to grant mandamus relief against the Judge of the 70th District Court of Ector County, Texas. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

August 23, 2013 YVONNE T. RODRIGUEZ, Justice Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Rodriguez, JJ.