in Re Patrick Lee Mullins

IN THE

TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-09-00143-CV

In re Patrick Lee Mullins

Original Proceeding

MEMORANDUM Opinion

Patrick Lee Mullins seeks a writ of mandamus compelling Respondent, the Honorable James D. Patton, County Clerk of Walker County, to forward two notices of appeal to this Court. We will deny Mullins’s application for mandamus relief.

A trial court clerk has a ministerial duty to promptly forward any notice of appeal to the appropriate court of appeals, regardless of whether the notice is timely filed or otherwise complies with the requirements of the appellate rules. In re Smith, 263…