In re Mark Eugene Engle Appeal from 196th District Court of Hunt County (memorandum opinion by chief justice iii morriss)
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In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana No. 06-15-00055-CR IN RE MARK EUGENE ENGLE Original Mandamus Proceeding Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION Mark Eugene Engle filed this petition for a writ of mandamus asking this Court to compel the Hunt County District Clerk to provide him with a “copy of the minutes from the [g]rand [j]ury hearing” in his case. This Court’s mandamus jurisdiction is governed by Section 22.221 of the Texas Government Code. Section 22.221 expressly limits the mandamus jurisdiction of a court of appeals to: (1) writs against a district court judge or a county court judge in the court of appeals’ district and (2) all writs necessary to enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West 2004). The district clerk is not a district court or county court judge in this Court’s district, and Engle has not shown that the issuance of a writ compelling the requested relief is necessary to enforce this Court’s appellate jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a). Accordingly, Engle’s petition is denied. Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: Date Decided: April 13, 2015 April 14, 2015 Do Not Publish 2
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