In re Barry Dwayne Minnfee

No. 13-12-00785-CV · Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi-Edinburg · January 15, 2013 · No. 13-12-00785-CV

Summary

The Thirteenth Court of Appeals of Texas considered Barry Dwayne Minnfee’s pro se petition for writ of mandamus. The court dismissed the proceeding as improvidently filed because Minnfee, a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order, had not shown that he obtained permission from the local administrative judge to file it.

Holdings

  1. A clerk may not file an original proceeding presented by a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order unless the litigant obtains an order from the local administrative judge permitting the filing, subject to limited statutory exceptions. Because Minnfee failed to show that he obtained the required permission, the proceeding was dismissed as improvidently filed.
  2. The petition was insufficiently clear because it did not identify the specific actions or orders complained of, the respondent or real parties in interest, or the nature of the requested extraordinary relief.

Questions Presented

  1. Whether the court could entertain Minnfee's original proceeding when the petition failed to identify clearly the challenged actions, respondent, real parties in interest, or requested relief.
  2. Whether a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order may file an original proceeding without permission from the local administrative judge.

Disposition

dismissed

Cases Cited (17)

  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-12-00701-CV, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 9584, at **4-5 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Nov. 16, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • Minnfee v. Jackson, No. 13-12-00508-CV, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 7465, at *2 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Aug. 31, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-12-00337-CV, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 4230, at *4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi May 24, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-12-00313-CV, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 4419, at *4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi May 10, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-12-00183-CV, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 2253, at *4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Mar. 21, 2012, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-11-00579-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 8024, at *4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Oct. 6, 2011, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-11-00569-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 8023, at *4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Oct. 5, 2011, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-11-00530-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 6929, at **3-4 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Aug. 24, 2011, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • Minnfee v. Sweetin, No. 13-11-00152-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 4972, at **1-2 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi June 30, 2011, no pet.) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)
  • In re Minnfee, No. 13-11-00399-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 4973, at **1-2 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi June 30, 2011, orig. proceeding) (mem. op. per curiam)(followed)

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