TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-22-00667-CV

In re Jerel Smith

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Jerel Smith, an inmate in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, has filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus directed to Velva L. Price, District Clerk, Travis County, Texas. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.1. By statute, an appellate court has no authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a county or district clerk except as necessary to enforce the court’s jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221(a).

Because Smith does not seek a writ of mandamus to enforce our jurisdiction, we dismiss his petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).

__________________________________________ Chari Kelly, Justice Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, and Kelly Filed: October 28, 2022