Legal Opinion
In Re Long
Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
Decided September 27, 2006No. 10-06-00235-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DISSENTING OPINION
TOM GRAY, Chief Justice.
A dismissal for want of jurisdiction is the proper result based upon the petition and “record” as filed.
The complaints are that the district clerk will not file Long’s pleadings. 1 Long alleges this is because of an oral instruction from the district judge. 2
We have no jurisdiction to compel the district clerk to act by writ of mandamus absent extraordinary and unusual facts not present here. In re Simpson, 997 S.W.2d 939 (Tex.App.-Waco 1999, orig. proceeding); see Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(a) (Vernon 2004). The way to compel a district clerk to…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- In Re Long, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2007
- In Re Long, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
- In Re Long, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2006
- John Henry Pelt, Individually and as Partner of Aztec General Agency, a Texas General Partnership, Relators v. Honorable Derwood Johnson, Judge, 74th District Court, McLennan County, Texas, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)1991
- Paul James Koumjian v. Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institution Division and University of Texas Medical Branch, Correctional Managed Care, Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)2008
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