IN RE: CLYDE URA CAIN (2014)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Clyde Ura Cain, Sr., proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus, asking this Court to direct the 228th Judicial District Court of Harris County ¹ to rule on his motion to compel the District Clerk of the 228th Judicial District Court to produce and make available to him the records from that court's cause number 578,488.

In his petition for writ of mandamus, Cain states his motion was placed in the mail on October 8, 2014. Cain alleges the trial court has neither acknowledged receipt of nor ruled on his motion. He, therefore, requests that this Court order the 228th Judicial District Court to rule on his motion.

This Court has jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against “a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district.” TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.221(b) (West 2004). The 228th Judicial District Court of Harris County is not within this Court's district. We, therefore, do not have mandamus jurisdiction over that court. Accordingly, we have no authority to consider Cain's petition on its merits.

We dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus.

FOOTNOTES

1.   Cain's 1991 appeal from his conviction under trial court cause number 578,488 in the 228th Judicial District Court of Harris County was transferred from the First Court of Appeals to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West 2013). That appeal has long since concluded. Cain does not currently have an appeal pending before this Court.

Jack Carter Justice