NUMBER 13-19-00574-CR COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ IN RE MICKEY WAYNE BOSWELL ____________________________________________________________ On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Contreras1 Relator Mickey Wayne Boswell, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause on November 8, 2019. 2 Through this original proceeding, relator seeks to compel the trial court to “expand the record” and “reinstate” relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus under article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal

Procedure. 3 See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus.

To be entitled to mandamus relief, the relator must establish both that he has no adequate remedy at law to redress his alleged harm, and that what he seeks to compel is a purely ministerial act not involving a discretionary or judicial decision. In re Harris, 491 S.W.3d 332, 334 (Tex. Crim. App. 2016) (orig. proceeding); In re McCann, 422 S.W.3d 701, 704 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (orig. proceeding). If the relator fails to meet both requirements, then the petition for writ of mandamus should be denied. State ex rel. Young v. Sixth Jud. Dist. Ct. of Apps. at Texarkana, 236 S.W.3d 207, 210 (Tex. Crim.

App. 2007).

It is the relator’s burden to properly request and show entitlement to mandamus relief. Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding) (“Even a pro se applicant for a writ of mandamus must show himself entitled to the extraordinary relief he seeks.”). In addition to other requirements, the relator must include a statement of facts supported by citations to “competent evidence included in the appendix or record,” and must also provide “a clear and concise argument for the contentions made, with appropriate citations to authorities and to the appendix or record.”

See generally TEX. R. APP. P. 52.3. The relator must furnish an appendix or record sufficient to support the claim for mandamus relief. See id. R. 52.3(k) (specifying the required contents for the appendix); id. R. 52.7(a) (specifying the required contents for the record).

Relator’s petition for writ of mandamus fails to meet the foregoing requirements.

In short, the record in this case is insufficient to determine whether relator’s application for writ of habeas corpus remains pending or whether relator seeks to pursue a separate application for writ of habeas corpus in the future. This distinction is critical because it determines whether this Court has jurisdiction over the petition for writ of mandamus.

See In re Mendez, 523 S.W.3d 164, 165 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2016, orig. proceeding); compare Ater v. Eighth Court of Appeals, 802 S.W.2d 241, 243 (Tex. Crim. App. 1991) (orig. proceeding) (holding that the court of criminal appeals has exclusive jurisdiction to grant post-conviction relief by writ of habeas corpus) with Padieu v. Court of Appeals of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392 S.W.3d 115, 118 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013) (orig. proceeding) (delineating the limited jurisdiction possessed by intermediate appellate courts pertaining to article 11.07 applications for writs of habeas corpus). We note that if an applicant finds it necessary to complain about the processing of an article 11.07 application for writ of habeas corpus, the applicant may seek mandamus relief directly from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See, e.g., Benson v. Dist. Clerk, 331 S.W.3d 431, 432–33 (Tex. Crim. App. 2011) (per curiam); Gibson v. Dallas Cty. Dist. Clerk, 275 S.W.3d 491, 491– (Tex. Crim. App. 2009) (per curiam); In re Watson, 253 S.W.3d 319, 320 (Tex. App.— Amarillo 2008, orig. proceeding); see also In re Provost, No. 14-19-00374-CR, 2019 WL 2144778, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] May 16, 2019, orig. proceeding) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus and the applicable law, is of the opinion that relator has not met his burden to obtain mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus and all relief requested therein.

DORI CONTRERAS Chief Justice

Do not publish.

TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).

Delivered and filed the 12th day of November, 2019.