In Re Alexandra Jenkins v. the State of Texas

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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No. 08-26-00003-CV
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In re Alexandra Jenkins

AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS

M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N

Relator, Alexandra Jenkins, filed a petition for writ of mandamus asking this Court to

“[i]ssue a writ of mandamus directing the [Justice Court, Precinct 4, of El Paso County, Texas] to”

forward documents—the notice of appeal she allegedly filed in the justice court, her Statement of

Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs or an Appeal Bond, and “all related filings”—to the

county court and to “[c]ease refusing appellate transmission based on indigency determinations.”

An appellate court may issue a writ of mandamus against judges of a district, statutory

county, statutory probate, or a county court in the court of appeals district. Tex. Gov’t Code Ann.

§ 22.221(b). Jenkins’s petition requests that this Court issue a writ of mandamus against a justice

court—a court over which we lack jurisdiction. Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221(b)–(c); see In re

Castro, No. 02-23-00489-CV, 2024 WL 23627, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Jan. 2, 2024, orig.

proceeding) (mem. op.) (per curiam) (dismissing petition for writ of mandamus for want of
jurisdiction over a justice of the peace). We dismiss the petition, and any pending motions, for

want of jurisdiction.

MARIA SALAS MENDOZA, Chief Justice

January 14, 2026

Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.

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