Mendez v. Superior Court

Jose Angel Mendez, an inmate of a state prison, seeks a writ of mandate requiring the clerk of the superior court to file a notice of appeal from an order denying his motion to vacate a judgment sentencing him to state prison and to prepare and certify a record on appeal. Petitioner mailed to the clerk a notice of motion together with a written motion to vacate the judgment, enclosing therewith a notice that he “hereby appeals to the District Court of Appeal of the State of California, Second Appellate District,- from the Order Ip the aforementioned Superior Court denies the petition in the…