In Re Johnston

OPINION

Opinion by

Chief Justice MORRISS.

When we received Billy Charles Johnston’s petition for writ of mandamus directed at the Honorable Eric Clifford, presiding judge of the Sixth Judicial District Court, we invited Judge Clifford’s response concerning Johnston’s request for a transcription of a 1997 pretrial hearing. Judge Clifford has advised, among other things, that “the transcripts and/or notes of the court reporter do not exist.” Because we will not require that an impossibility be ordered, we deny Johnston’s petition.

Johnston’s petition seeks a writ of mandamus directing Judge…