IN RE: MICHAEL RAYMOND WATSON (2011)

Court of Appeals of Texas, Dallas.

IN RE: MICHAEL RAYMOND WATSON, Relator

No. 05–11–00819–CV

Decided: July 11, 2011

Before Justices O'Neill, Lang, and Lang–Miers

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by Justice O'Neill

The Court has received relator's “Pro Se Appellant's Brief.” Relator does not have an appeal pending before this Court, so we construe the brief as a petition for writ of mandamus. Relator complains that his motion for a free copy of the record in his criminal case, which he sought in order to prepare a petition for habeas corpus, was denied. The facts and issues are well known to the parties, so we need not recount them herein. This Court does not have jurisdiction over relator's petition. See Tex.Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 11.07 (West Supp.2010); In re Hampton, No. 05–07–00440–CV, 2007 WL 1168446, at *1 (Tex.App.-Dallas Apr. 20, 2007, orig. proceeding) (mem.op.). Accordingly, we DISMISS relator's petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.

MICHAEL J. O'NEILL

110819F.P05 JUSTICE

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