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In re Resendez
PER CURIAM
MEMORANDUM OPINIONOriginal Mandamus Proceeding PER CURIAM Sitting: Marialyn Barnard, Justice Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
This proceeding arises out of Cause No. DC-02-268, styled Eustorgio Guzman Resendez and Ovidio Garcia, Jr. v. Juan Garcia and Heriberto Silva, pending in the 229th Judicial District Court, Starr County, Texas, the Honorable Robert C. Pate presiding. --------
On August 15, 2016, relator Eustorgio Resendez filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus, seeking a writ of mandamus ordering a justice of the peace to exhume four bodies and reopen an inquest. This court does not have jurisdiction to grant the requested relief. By statute, this court has the authority to issue a writ of mandamus against "a judge of a district or county court in the court of appeals district" and other writs as necessary to enforce our appellate jurisdiction. TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. ยง 22.221(a)-(b) (West 2004). We conclude the writ does not enforce our appellate jurisdiction in this instance. Accordingly, Relator's petition for writ of mandamus is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM
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