In re Samuel Roy Jackson Appeal from 183rd District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Opinion issued December 22, 2015 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-15-00696-CR ——————————— IN RE SAMUEL ROY JACKSON, Relator Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Samuel Roy Jackson, incarcerated and proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, seeking issuance of a writ directing respondent to consider and rule on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, motion for an evidentiary hearing, and motion for a bench warrant.1 We dismiss relator’s petition for a writ of mandamus. Because relator’s petition reflects that he has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the trial court, his mandamus petition relates to a pending post-conviction habeas corpus application involving a final felony conviction. See TEX. CODE CRIM. PROC. ANN. art. 11.07 (Vernon 2015). This Court does not have jurisdiction to grant relator’s requested relief; only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings. See Padieu v. Ct. App. of Tex., Fifth Dist., 392 S.W.3d 115, 117 (Tex. Crim. App. 2013). Accordingly, any complaints about inaction on matters relating to relator’s postconviction application for a writ of habeas corpus must be brought in the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See In re Briscoe, 230 S.W.3d 196, 196–97 (Tex. App.— Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, orig. proceeding) (“Article 11.07 contains no role for the courts of appeals.”); In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d 715, 717 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2001, orig. proceeding) (noting that “only the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has jurisdiction in final post-conviction felony proceedings”). We have no authority to issue writs of mandamus in criminal law matters relating to final postconviction felony proceedings. See In re McAfee, 53 S.W.3d at 717. 1 Relator’s petition identifies the underlying case as Cause No. 913043, in the 183rd District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Vanessa Velasquez presiding. Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for a writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction and dismiss all pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Keyes, and Bland. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b).
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