In Re: Senrick Wilkerson v. The State of Texas Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 3 of Dallas County (memorandum opinion )

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DISMISS; and Opinion Filed June 22, 2016. S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-16-00715-CV No. 05-16-00716-CV IN RE SENRICK WILKERSON, Relator Original Proceeding from the Criminal District Court No. 3 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause Nos. F-10-01183-J and F-10-01184-J MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Bridges, Myers, and Schenck Opinion by Justice Schenck In this petition for writ of mandamus, relator requests that we order the Dallas County district clerk’s office to forward a copy of each of the following to this Court: (1) the arrest records from cause numbers F10-01183 and F10-01184, (2) the last motion for judgment nunc pro tunc filed by Mr. Wilkerson, and (3) the last “petition for DNA testing” filed by Mr. Wilkerson. We do not have mandamus jurisdiction over a district clerk unless the clerk is interfering with our appellate jurisdiction. TEX. GOV'T CODE § 22.221(a)-(b) (West 2004) (court of appeals may only issue writ of mandamus against district and county judges or as necessary to enforce jurisdiction of appellate court); In re Wilkerson, 05-16-00322-CV, 2016 WL 1320815, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Apr. 5, 2016, orig. proceeding) (citing In re Simpson, 997 S.W.2d 939, 939 (Tex. App.—Waco 1999, orig. proceeding)). Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction. /s/ David J. Schenck DAVID J. SCHENCK JUSTICE 160715F.P05 –2–

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