In Re Matthew Walter Mahoney Appeal from 247th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed September 3, 2015. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-15-00541-CV IN RE MATTHEW WALTER MAHONEY, Relator ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 247th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2006-45711 MEMORANDUM OPINION On June 23, 2015, relator Matthew Walter Mahoney filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable John Schmude, presiding judge of the 247th District Court of Harris County, to set aside the underlying contempt order. The trial court suspended relator’s commitment and he is not confined. We are unable to consider relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus because our habeas jurisdiction extends solely to situations in which a relator’s restraint of liberty arises from a violation of an order, judgment, or decree of a court or judge in a civil case. See Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.221(d). Therefore, we dismiss relator’s petition for writ of habeas corpus for lack of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Jamison and Busby. 2

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