In Re: Roque Aranda--Appeal from of County
Annotate this CaseCOURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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) No. 08-04-00167-CV
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IN RE: ROQUE T. ARANDA ) AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
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) IN MANDAMUS
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Roque T. Aranda has filed a petition for writ of mandamus. His complaints arise from the removal to federal court of a suit he filed in a Gaines County state court.
We have jurisdiction to issue writs of mandamus against judges of district or county courts in our district. Tex.Gov=t Code Ann. ' 22.221(b)(Vernon 2004). We may issue the writ against other state officials only if necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See id. at ' 22.221(a). This statute does not grant this Court any authority to issue a writ against a federal judge. Moreover, Gaines County is not in our district, see id. at ' 22.201(i),(l), and Relator has not shown that issuing the writ is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Accordingly, we do not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against the Gaines County state judge or the federal judge.
The petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed.
July 29, 2004
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice
Before Panel No. 1
Larsen, McClure, and Chew, JJ.
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