Dismissed and Opinion Filed January 6, 2014.

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-13-01678-CV IN RE MICHAEL STOUT, Relator Original Proceeding from the 283rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F91072544-T MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Moseley, Fillmore, and Brown Opinion by Justice Moseley Before the Court is relator’s petition for writ of mandamus naming the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as respondent. The facts and issues are well known to the parties, so we need not recount them herein. This Court does not have mandamus jurisdiction over the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (Vernon 2004).

Accordingly, we DISMISS relator’s petition for a writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.

/Jim Moseley/ JIM MOSELEY JUSTICE 131678F.P05