In Re: William Clifford Butler Appeal from 292nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County (memorandum opinion)

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DISMISS; and Opinion Filed July 24, 2018. In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00787-CV IN RE WILLIAM CLIFFORD BUTLER, Relator Original Proceeding from the 292nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. F92-20707 SV MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Lang-Miers, Fillmore, and Stoddart Opinion by Justice Lang-Miers In this original proceeding, relator seeks a writ of mandamus directing the district court clerk to provide him access to the trial court record and trial transcript so that relator may review the record and file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. This Court does not have jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a district clerk unless it is necessary to enforce our own jurisdiction. TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221(a) (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, No. 05-16-00322-CV, 2016 WL 1320815, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Apr. 5, 2016, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (citing In re Simpson, 997 S.W.2d 939, 939 (Tex. App.—Waco 1999, orig. proceeding)). Relator has no appeal pending in this Court and, therefore, our jurisdiction is not in jeopardy. Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction. /Elizabeth Lang-Miers/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS JUSTICE 180787F.P05 –2–

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