TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-21-00231-CV

In re Mark Joseph Watson

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM BELL COUNTY

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Mark Joseph Watson dba “Mark Joseph Watson©, ens legis” has filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking relief against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts.

This Court does not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Ex parte Springsteen, 506 S.W.3d 789, 794 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016, pet. denied); see also Tex. Gov't Code § 22.002(c) (limiting the writ power against Executive officers only to the Texas Supreme Court). Relator has not demonstrated that our jurisdiction is implicated here, and we have no jurisdiction to grant relator the relief he seeks.

Accordingly, the petition is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

__________________________________________ Chari L. Kelly, Justice Before Justices Goodwin, Triana, and Kelly Filed: May 19, 2021