in Re Lambert Adumekwe
Relator Lambert Adumekwe filed a pro se petition for writ of mandamus in the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, seeking to compel New Hampshire Insurance Company regarding an administrative workers' compensation decision. Adumekwe was appealing a final summary judgment favoring the insurer, which had denied his claim for a broken tooth and jaw. The Court dismissed the mandamus petition for lack of jurisdiction, stating that mandamus against a non-judge party is only permissible if necessary to enforce the court's jurisdiction, which was not applicable here. The Court also noted that Adumekwe should have filed a reply brief instead of a mandamus petition. Consequently, the Court ordered the mandamus petition to be re-filed as Adumekwe's reply brief in his pending appeal (case number 14-12-00169-CV).