In Re Samad Sefiane Appeal from 252nd District Court of Jefferson County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-19-00418-CR __________________ IN RE SAMAD SEFIANE __________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding 252nd District Court of Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 17-27943 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION In a petition asking this Court to issue a writ of mandamus, Samad Sefiane complains that Jamie Smith, the Jefferson County District Clerk, failed to timely transmit documents Sefiane filed with the District Clerk in trial court cause number 17-27943 to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. See Tex. R. App. P. 52. See generally Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07, § 3. We dismiss the petition. Intermediate courts of appeal do not have jurisdiction to command actions to be taken by a district clerk unless the party making the request shows that issuing a writ is necessary to enforce the appellate court’s jurisdiction over an appeal. See Tex. 1 Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(a), (b) (Supp.). Sefiane did not do so here. Accordingly, we dismiss Sefiane’s petition for lack of jurisdiction. PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on November 19, 2019 Opinion Delivered November 20, 2019 Do Not Publish Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2

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