In re Milton Griggs Appeal from County Court at Law No. 1 of Hunt County (memorandum opinion )

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In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana No. 06-15-00092-CR IN RE: MILTON GRIGGS Original Mandamus Proceeding Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley MEMORANDUM OPINION Milton Griggs is currently serving a 300-day sentence for failure to identify while being a fugitive from justice. Unfortunately, Griggs’ wife recently passed away. In order to attend his wife’s funeral, Griggs asked for an emergency furlough from confinement in the Hunt County Jail. Randy Meeks, sheriff of Hunt County, granted Griggs’ request. A condition of the furlough requires that Griggs be accompanied by a law enforcement officer at all times. Now, Griggs has filed a document with this Court asking us to order Meeks to secure his temporary release from custody so he can attend his wife’s funeral services without having to bear the “embarrassment” of being shadowed by a law enforcement officer. We interpret Griggs’ document as a petition for a writ of mandamus, and we dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction. Texas courts of appeals have been granted limited original jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221 (West 2004). This Court lacks jurisdiction to grant a petition for writ of mandamus against the Hunt County Sheriff unless the issuance of a writ of mandamus against him is necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See Silva v. Klevenhagen, 833 S.W.2d 746, 747 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992, orig. proceeding) (per curiam). No such allegation has been made in this case. Accordingly, we dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction. Bailey C. Moseley Justice Date Submitted: Date Decided: June 2, 2015 June 3, 2015 Do Not Publish 2

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