In Re Ronnie Adam Cloud Appeal from 128th District Court of Orange County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-23-00360-CR __________________ IN RE RONNIE ADAM CLOUD __________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding 128th District Court of Orange County, Texas Trial Cause Nos. A990214 and A990217 __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION In an original proceeding filed in this Court, Ronnie Adam Cloud filed a petition seeking what Cloud calls “a common law writ of error” and “a bill of review.” In his filing, he argues that he is a “natural living man,” his final felony convictions in Trial Cause Numbers A990214 and A990217 are void, and he contends he was indicted and prosecuted by individual corporations acting ultra vires 1 and not by natural persons. He also mentions he is seeking a recovery of money on what he calls a “counterclaim.”1 The exclusive State felony post-conviction judicial remedy available in Texas is by application for a writ of habeas corpus under the procedure set out in article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. See Ex parte Adams, 768 S.W.2d 281, 287 (Tex. Crim. App. 1989); see also Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07. This Court does not have jurisdiction over post-conviction habeas corpus proceedings. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.05. This Court has original jurisdiction to issue only such writs as are necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(a). Cloud has not identified a final judgment or appealable order from which Cloud might perfect a timely appeal at this time. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.220; Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 44.02. Neither our original jurisdiction nor our appellate jurisdiction is implicated in the original petition Cloud filed with this Court. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction. We address Cloud’s identical claims regarding what he says are three convictions out of Jefferson County in a separate proceeding filed in this Court as Number 09-23-00361-CR. 2 1 PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on December 5, 2023 Opinion Delivered December 6, 2023 Do Not Publish Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Wright, JJ. 3
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