In re Ronald Lee Trahan Appeal from 212th District Court of Galveston County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Opinion issued October 8, 2015 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-15-00720-CR ——————————— IN RE RONALD LEE TRAHAN, Relator Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Ronald Lee Trahan, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that we compel the Galveston County District Clerk to transmit to the trial court certain papers that relator contends relate to a motion for DNA testing.* Our power to issue writs is defined in Section 22.221 of the Texas Government Code, which grants the courts of appeals the authority to issue (1) * The underlying case is State of Texas v. Ronald Lee Trahan, cause number CRX36166, pending in the 212th District Court of Galveston County, Texas, the Honorable Patricia Grady presiding. writs of mandamus and other writs necessary to enforce their jurisdiction; (2) writs of mandamus against a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals’ district; and (3) writs of habeas corpus under specifically defined circumstances involving contempt orders in civil cases. See TEX. GOV’T CODE § 22.221 (West 2004). This court has mandamus jurisdiction over a district court clerk only when the district court clerk’s actions interfere with this court’s jurisdiction. See id.; In re Smith, 263 S.W.3d 93, 95 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, orig. proceeding). Trahan has not established that the district court clerk’s actions interfere with this court’s jurisdiction or that a writ is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Massengale, and Lloyd. Do not publish. TEX. R. APP. P. 47.2(b). 2
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