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Daniel James Caldwell v. Texas for the Protection of Jennifer Zimmerman

IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, No. 03-22-00464-CV · judgment August 23, 2024


Certiorari denied · November 10, 2025

Questions presented

No. (CORRECTED) PETITION for WRIT OF CERTIORARI to the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals Daniel Janies Caldwell, Petitioner pro se, respectfully petitions for a writ of certiorari to review Texas Court of Appeals judgments, review having been denied by the Texas Supreme Court, upholding void orders by retired former judicial officers pretending, without oath nor affirmation, to be a judge of Williamson County Court at Law No. 4. QUESTIONS PRESENTED

  1. Whether a lifetime, nationwide restraining order permanently revoking Second Amendment rights without judicial findings of probable cause for a civil or criminal offense, and without exceptions for time, place, or military service, violates constitutional guarantees of due process, and of the right to bear arms.

  2. Whether such an order is void ab initio when signed by a retired former judge who, under Texas Constitution Article 16, Section 1, no longer legally held any state or judicial office.

  3. Whether mandamus and habeas corpus relief is warranted to vacate an unconstitutional restraint imposed without lawful authority or evidentiary basis.

  4. Whether Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by ineffective assistance of appointed counsel in a related proceeding arising from an arrest for possession of, not a firearm, but a bullet.

  5. Whether a lifetime designation as a vexatious litigant is void when imposed by another retired former judge who also lacked lawful authority under Texas Constitution Article 16, Section 1, upheld in a related appellate decision.

  6. Whether a lifetime prohibition on all contact with one's child, imposed without a showing of unfitness or evidentiary hearing, violates the First and Fourteenth 2 Petition for Cert, On Appeal from Texas 25-0223

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel James Caldwell

For respondent
Carly Dessauer
Williamson County Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Jan 12 2026
    Rehearing DENIED.
  2. Dec 10 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
  3. Nov 26 2025
    Petition for Rehearing filed.
  4. Nov 10 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  5. Oct 09 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
  6. Sep 25 2025
    Waiver of right of respondent Texas for the Protection of Zimmerman to respond filed.
  7. Aug 11 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)