In re Martin T. Franco, Jr. Appeal from 33rd District Court of Llano County (memorandum opinion )

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-14-00611-CV In re Martin T. Franco, Jr. ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM LLANO COUNTY M E M O R AN D U M O P I N I O N Relator Martin T. Franco, Jr. filed a petition for writ of mandamus compelling Llano County District Clerk Joyce Gillow to file certain documents and bring them to the court s attention, which he alleges she has not done.1 We may issue writs of mandamus only against a district judge or county judge sitting in our district, or to enforce our jurisdiction, none of which are implicated here. See Tex. Gov t Code § 22.221(b); In re Simpson, 997 S.W.2d 939 (Tex. App. Waco 1999, orig. proceeding); In re Strickhausen, 994 S.W.2d 936 (Tex. App. Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding). The petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). __________________________________________ Jeff Rose, Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Rose and Goodwin Filed: October 2, 2014 1 Franco requests that the documents be processed by the clerk and court, but the court is not responsible for processing or filing documents.

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