Ex parte Cyrus L. Gray III (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-21-00161-CR EX PARTE CYRUS L. GRAY III ORIGINAL PROCEEDING July 26, 2021 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and PARKER, JJ. Appearing pro se, Cyrus L. Gray III, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus with this Court seeking to quash his criminal indictment pending in the 22nd District Court of Hays County, Texas.1 We have no authority, however, to issue a writ in this original proceeding as the 22nd District Court of Hays County is not a court within our appellate district. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.201(h) (identifying the counties comprising the 1 We previously dismissed Gray’s appeal from a purported pretrial order issued in the same underlying criminal case. Gray v. State, No. 07-21-00081-CV, 2021 Tex. App. LEXIS 5394, at *2 (Tex. App—Amarillo July 7, 2021, no pet. h.) (per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication) (dismissed for want of jurisdiction). That appeal was transferred from the Third Court of Appeals to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 73.001 (West 2013). Seventh Court of Appeals District); 22.221 (West Supp. 2020) (limiting appellate court authority to issue writs of mandamus and writs of habeas corpus). For this reason, we dismiss Gray’s application for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction. Per Curiam Do not publish. 2

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