In Re Matthew Flowers, Relator v. the State of Texas

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-25-00114-CR

IN RE MATTHEW LEE FLOWERS, RELATOR

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

April 8, 2025
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

Relator, Matthew Lee Flowers, seeks a writ of mandamus from this Court directing

the “District Clerk Chrissy Dunn” to “forward relators [sic] Article 11.07 to the Court of

Criminal Appeals . . . .” We deny the petition.

We may only issue writs of mandamus against a judge of a district or county court

and as necessary to enforce our jurisdiction. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 22.221(a),

(b). We lack authority to issue one against a district clerk unless such is necessary to

enforce our jurisdiction. In re Kotara, No. 07-22-00092-CR, 2022 Tex. App. LEXIS 2818,

at *3 (Tex. App.—Amarillo April 27, 2022, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). Nothing in

relator’s petition illustrates a need to issue a writ of mandamus against “District Clerk

Chrissy Dunn” to enforce the jurisdiction of this Court over any particular matter pending
before this Court. Indeed, it appears that he seeks our assistance in perfecting a matter

within the potential jurisdiction of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Thus, we dismiss

the petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction.

Per Curiam

Do not publish.

2