In re Arthur Johnson--Appeal from Probate Court No 2 of Harris County

Opinion issued May 5, 2006

In The

Court of Appeals

For the

First District of Texas

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NOS. 01 06 00300 CV

01 06 00301 CV

01 06 00302 CV

01 06 00384 CV

01 06 00385 CV

01 06 00386 CV

01 06 00387 CV

01 06 00388 CV

01 06 00389 CV

01 06 00390 CV

01 06 00405 CV

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IN RE ARTHUR E. JOHNSON, Relator

Original Proceedings on Petitions for Writs of Mandamus and Injunction

MEMORANDUM OPINIONAs best as we can determine, relator Arthur E. Johnson currently has eleven related proceedings pending before this Court: (1) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at Tina White, official court reporter for Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County (case number 01 06 00300 CV); (2) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at Jim Kelly, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00301 CV); (3) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at the Honorable Beverly B. Kaufman, Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00302 CV); (4) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at the Honorable Mike Wood, Judge of Probate Court No. 2 of Harris County (case number 01 06 00384 CV); (5) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at Richard Allen Guzman, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00385 CV); (6) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at [first name unknown] Johnson, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00386 CV); (7) a petition for a writ of mandamus directed at Kevin Mauzy, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00387 CV); (8) a petition for a writ of injunction directed at the Honorable Beverly B. Kaufman, Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00388 CV); (9) a petition for a writ of injunction directed at Richard Allen Guzman, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00389 CV); (10) a petition for a writ of injunction directed at [first name unknown] Johnson, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00390 CV); and (11) a petition for a writ of injunction directed at Kevin Mauzy, deputy Harris County Clerk (case number 01 06 00405 CV). Each of the eleven original proceedings is accompanied by a motion for leave to file the petition. The underlying lawsuit for all eleven original proceedings is In re Johnson, No. 334,099 (Probate Ct. No. 2, Harris County, Tex., judgment signed Nov. 8, 2005), appeal dismissed, No. 01 05 01074 CV (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] Mar. 30, 2006, no pet. h.). Relator has neither paid the required filing fees, nor filed an affidavit of indigence that complies with the requirements of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases); Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(a), (c)(2) (establishing indigence); see also Tex. Gov t Code Ann. 51.207, 51.941(a), 101.041 (Vernon 2005) (listing fees in court of appeals); Fees Civ. Cases B(1), (3) (listing fees in court of appeals).

A court of appeals has no general writ power over a person other than a judge of a district or county court unless issuance of the writ is necessary to enforce the jurisdiction of the court in a case properly before it. See Tex. Gov t Code Ann. 22.221(a), (b) (Vernon 2004); Silva v. Klevenhagen, 833 S.W.2d 746, 747 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding). With the exception of the petition for a writ of mandamus directed at Judge Wood (case number 01 06 00384 CV), we have no jurisdiction over relator s petitions.

Accordingly, we dismiss for want of jurisdiction the petitions and motions for leave to file in case numbers 01 06 00300 CV, 01 06 00301 CV, 01 06 00302 CV, 01 06 00385 CV, 01 06 00386 CV, 01 06 00387 CV, 01 06 00388 CV, 01 06 00389 CV, 01 06 00390 CV, and 01 06 00405 CV. We dismiss for nonpayment of requiring filing fees the petition and motion for leave to file the petition in case number 01 06 00384 CV.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Taft and Nuchia.