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JOHNSON v. LYNAUGH

No. 01-90-00229-CV.

789 S.W.2d 704 (1990)

Noffie JOHNSON, Relator, v. James LYNAUGH, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

May 17, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noffie Johnson, pro se.

Before SAM BASS, HUGHES and O'CONNOR, JJ.

OPINION

O'CONNOR, Justice.

Relator, Noffie Johnson, seeks a writ of mandamus compelling James Lynaugh, the director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to produce prison records that Johnson requested under the Texas Open Records Act. Because we do not have jurisdiction to compel Lynaugh to act, we overrule Johnson's request.

Johnson alleges that he requested copies of certain prison disciplinary records on December 30, 1989, but that Lynaugh...

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