In re William C. Butler Appeal from 292nd District Court of Dallas 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. 06-16-00195-CR IN RE WILLIAM C. BUTLER Original Mandamus Proceeding Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, William C. Butler, proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Clerk of the Sixth Court of Appeals to provide him with a copy of all records and transcripts in trial court cause number F9220707 in the 292nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County.1 We dismiss Butler’s appeal for want of jurisdiction. This Court has the authority to issue writs of mandamus against a judge of a district or county court in our district and all writs necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.221(a), (b) (1) (West 2004). Appellate court clerks are not enumerated as persons against whom a writ of mandamus may be issued by this Court. Accordingly, Butler’s petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice Date Submitted: Date Decided: October 31, 2016 November 1, 2016 Do Not Publish 1 Butler was tried for, and convicted of, aggravated sexual assault of a child under this cause number in the 292nd Judicial District Court of Dallas County January 26, 1994. This Court issued its opinion in Butler’s direct appeal of the 1992 judgment of conviction December 15, 1994, in our cause number 06-94-00083-CR, styled William Clifford Butler v. The State of Texas. Butler contends that the Clerk of this Court has failed to comply with a request to provide him with the records pertaining to his trial. No such request has been received in this Court. 2

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