In Re Swarthout

OPINION

Relator filed in this Court “Defendant’s Pro Se Petition to the First Court of Appeals to be Allowed to Appeal Cause No. 751098.” Relator petitions this Court to order the Honorable George Godwin, Judge of the 174th District Court, Harris County, Texas, to allow him to pursue an appeal in that cause number. We treat this as a petition for writ of mandamus.

Because relator’s petition does not comply with rule 52.3 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure, he is not entitled to mandamus relief.

However, as the dissenting opinion explains, the trial court clerk had a ministerial duty to forward…