In Re Raymond E. Carr v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
Date FiledJuly 9, 2026
Docket01-26-00693-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
Opinion issued July 9, 2026
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-26-00693-CV
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IN RE RAYMOND E. CARR, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator Raymond E. Carr has filed a petition for writ of mandamus
complaining of the justice court’s failure to set a pretrial conference.1
Because we have no jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus against a
justice court, and relator has not demonstrated any threat to our jurisdiction, we
dismiss relator’s petition for writ of mandamus for lack of jurisdiction. See TEX.
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The underlying case is Raymond E. Carr v. Houston Food Bank and Joseph
House, cause number 241200176401, pending in the Justice of the Peace Precinct
1 Place 2 of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Steven M. Duble presiding.
GOV’T CODE § 22.221(a)–(c); see also In re Castro, No. 02-23-00489-CV, 2024
WL 23627, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 2, 2024, orig. proceeding) (mem.
op.) (dismissing petition for writ of mandamus for want of jurisdiction where
relator challenged “actions of a justice of the peace”); In re Garcia, No. 13-18-
00651-CV, 2018 WL 6219254, at *2 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi–Edinburg Nov.
28, 2018, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.) (“This Court does not have jurisdiction to
issue a writ of mandamus against a justice of the peace.”). We dismiss any
pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Rivas-Molloy and Guiney.
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