In re Robert Walter Bonner--Appeal from 413th District Court of Johnson County (majority)
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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-12-00536-CV In re Robert Walter Bonner ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM JOHNSON COUNTY MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Robert Walter Bonner, acting pro se, has filed a document with this Court entitled Motion for Leave to File Petition for Writ of Mandamus. Bonner asks this Court for leave to file a petition that requests issuance of a writ of mandamus against the district judge presiding over the 413th Judicial District Court of Johnson County. This Court s mandamus authority is limited to issuing a writ of mandamus against a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district and other writs as necessary to enforce our appellate jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004). Our court of appeals district does not include Johnson County. See id. § 22.201(d) (West Supp. 2012). Consequently, we do not have the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against a judge of a district court in Johnson County. Nor has Bonner demonstrated that the exercise of our writ power is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction as we have no appellate jurisdiction of a proceeding pending in, or an order appealed from, a Johnson County court. See id. § 22.220 (West Supp. 2012). This original proceeding is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. _____________________________________________ J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: August 22, 2012 2
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