# in Re Artis Charles Harrell

> Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston) · December 5, 2017

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4227447

## Case

- **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
- **Decided:** December 5, 2017
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Opinion issued December 5, 2017

In The

Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01-17-00873-CV
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IN RE ARTIS CHARLES HARRELL, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Artis Charles Harrell, acting pro se, has filed a petition seeking mandamus

relief against the Harris County District Clerk.1 This court’s mandamus jurisdiction

is governed by Section 22.221 of the Texas Government Code. Section 22.221

1
The underlying case is Artis Charles Harrell d/b/a Artistic Work Hair Salon v.
Branch Brinson, R. Burt Brinson, Bonner Brinson, S.P. Dairy Ashford LLC d/b/a/
Salon Park, and Brinson Management Corporation, cause number 2017-28390 in
the 189th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Bill R. Burke, Jr.,
presiding.
expressly limits the mandamus jurisdiction of the courts of appeals to: (1) writs

against a district court judge or a county court judge in the court of appeals’ district;

and (2) all writs necessary to enforce the court of appeals’ jurisdiction. TEX. GOV’T

CODE § 22.221(a)–(b). In this case, we lack jurisdiction to issue the requested writ

of mandamus because the district clerk is not a district court or county court judge,

and Harrell has not shown that the issuance of a writ compelling the requested relief

is necessary to enforce this court’s appellate jurisdiction. See In re Washington, 7

S.W.3d 181, 182 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1999, orig. proceeding).

Accordingly, Harrell’s petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for want of

jurisdiction.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Brown, and Lloyd.

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